39.0% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in West Launceston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher proportions of people have moved into West Launceston compared to most similar areas. Nearly 40% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, and a significant number of these arrivals have come from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is much higher than in most other areas, though it sits slightly below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 16.1% of the population, which is a much higher share than in most similar areas. This figure is a little above the Australian average of 14.5%.
16.1% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 West Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60734/west-launceston/topic/mobility-location