40.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Surges Bay · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Surges Bay
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 40% of people in Surges Bay have moved home in the last five years. This high level of mobility makes the area much more active than most similar places, with a significant number of residents being new to the locality.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.3% of residents moved in the last five years, which is much higher than in most areas. This is a little above the Tasmania figure of 37.4% and about the same as the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.5% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the Tasmania rate of 17.7% and a little below the Australian figure of 14.5%.
11.5% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Surges Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60655/surges-bay/topic/mobility-location