33.7% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Boat Harbour Beach · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A quarter of the people in Boat Harbour Beach arrived from overseas recently, which is far above the national figure. This small area has seen a notable shift in its population mix, though it remains less mobile than most other parts of the country.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 33.7% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, but still well below both the Tasmanian (37.4%) and Australian (40.7%) figures.
33.7% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 25% of the population. This is among the highest proportions for areas of this size and is far above the national rate of 14.5%.
25.0% ▲ +466.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Boat Harbour Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60059/boat-harbour-beach/topic/mobility-location