49.5% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Oakdowns · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Oakdowns
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Oakdowns have moved into the area since 2016. This high rate of turnover makes the community much more mobile than other parts of the state, with many people arriving from both within Australia and from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.5% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is far above the Tasmanian average of 37.4%. This level of movement is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.3% of the population. This is much higher than most areas, sitting a little above the national figure of 14.5%.
16.3% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Oakdowns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60471/oakdowns/topic/mobility-location