45.2% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
New Town · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in New Town
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in New Town have moved house recently, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is seen alongside a very high proportion of people who have arrived from overseas in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.2% of people moved in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the 37.4% seen across Tasmania and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are very common here, with 24.4% arriving in the last five years. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the figures for both Tasmania (17.7%) and Australia (14.5%).
24.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 New Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60451/new-town/topic/mobility-location