Western Creek · Suburb / Locality

Migration & Movement in Western Creek

How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.

Zero recent overseas arrivals make Western Creek a place with very little international migration. While over a third of the population has moved house recently, the area sees far fewer new arrivals from abroad than the state or national figures.

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Where Western Creek sits — People who moved in the last 5 years

35.3%
  • 0.0%–2.5%: 227 areas
  • 2.5%–5.0%: 16 areas
  • 5.0%–7.5%: 98 areas
  • 7.5%–10.0%: 125 areas
  • 10.0%–12.5%: 203 areas
  • 12.5%–15.0%: 345 areas
  • 15.0%–17.5%: 436 areas
  • 17.5%–20.0%: 453 areas
  • 20.0%–22.5%: 788 areas
  • 22.5%–25.0%: 945 areas
  • 25.0%–27.5%: 1185 areas
  • 27.5%–30.0%: 1252 areas
  • 30.0%–32.5%: 1267 areas
  • 32.5%–35.0%: 1117 areas
  • 35.0%–37.5%: 1006 areas
  • 37.5%–40.0%: 840 areas
  • 40.0%–42.5%: 688 areas
  • 42.5%–45.0%: 509 areas
  • 45.0%–47.5%: 403 areas
  • 47.5%–50.0%: 264 areas
  • 50.0%–52.5%: 232 areas
  • 52.5%–55.0%: 143 areas
  • 55.0%–57.5%: 120 areas
  • 57.5%–60.0%: 85 areas
  • 60.0%–62.5%: 62 areas
  • 62.5%–65.0%: 44 areas
  • 65.0%–67.5%: 43 areas
  • 67.5%–70.0%: 207 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Western Creek — higher than 65% of areas.

People who moved in the last 5 years compared with the state and national average
Western Creek35.3%
7304, TAS 33.6%
Tasmania 37.4%
Australia 40.7%

Moving home

People who moved in the last five years.

About 35.3% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the Tasmanian figure and well below the Australian average.

35.3%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 30.6%
  • 2021: 35.3%

Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.

Arrivals from overseas

Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.

No one in the area has recently arrived from overseas. This is far below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia, and it is lower than most other similar areas.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Western Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60744/western-creek/topic/mobility-location