48.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Woolnorth · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Woolnorth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of the people in Woolnorth have moved house since 2016, marking a significant shift in the local population. This area is now a major hub for new arrivals, with far more people moving here recently than in other similar Tasmanian regions.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 48.6% of residents moved into the area in the last five years. This is far above the Tasmanian figure of 37.4% and well above the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 36.7% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above both the state rate of 17.7% and the national figure of 14.5%.
36.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 36.7%
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 Woolnorth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60767/woolnorth/topic/mobility-location