25.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Merseylea · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Merseylea recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 25% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is a much lower rate of movement than seen across Tasmania and Australia. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay put for long periods.
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 25% of people here moved home in the last five years. This is far below the Tasmanian figure of 37.4% and the national rate of 40.7%, and is lower than most similar areas.
25.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Merseylea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60399/merseylea/topic/mobility-location