47.4% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in South Launceston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of the people in South Launceston have moved house in the last five years, a figure well above the national average. This is a highly mobile area where new residents arrive frequently from both within Australia and from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.4% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Tasmanian figure of 37.4%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.0% of the population, which is among the highest at this level. This is well above both the state (17.7%) and national (14.5%) figures.
24.0% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 South Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60616/south-launceston/topic/mobility-location