43.4% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Opossum Bay · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
High levels of resident turnover shape daily life in Opossum Bay, where 43.4% of people have moved house in the last five years. This makes the area much more mobile than most other places in the region.
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement into the area is common, with the proportion of people moving in the last five years being well above the Tasmanian figure of 37.4%.
43.4% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
While many people move locally, there are no recent arrivals from overseas. This is far below both the national figure of 14.5% and the state's 17.7%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Opossum Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60478/opossum-bay/topic/mobility-location