33.6% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
George Town · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in George Town
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much fewer people have moved into George Town recently compared to the rest of the country. While about 33.6% of residents arrived in the last five years, this is well below both the Tasmanian and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 33.6% of people moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 37.4% seen across Tasmania.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.0% of the population. This is far below the state figure of 17.7% and well below the national average of 14.5%.
6.0% ▲ +131.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in George Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60225/george-town/topic/mobility-location