33.5% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Somerset · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Somerset
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Somerset in the last five years than in most similar areas. While 33.5% of residents are relatively new to the area, this is still well below the figures seen across Tasmania and the rest of Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 33.5% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Tasmanian rate of 37.4% and the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 6.5% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas, but sits far below the 17.7% seen in Tasmania and well below the Australian average of 14.5%.
6.5% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60608/somerset/topic/mobility-location