39.4% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.5%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Scotchtown · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Scotchtown
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Scotchtown have moved house in the last five years, making it a place of frequent change. This high turnover is driven by a mix of local moves and a strong influx of people from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.4% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the Tasmania average of 37.4%, though it sits a little below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 18.2% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the Tasmania average and well above the Australian figure of 14.5%.
18.2% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Scotchtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60591/scotchtown/topic/mobility-location