42.9% —
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bass (Launceston) · State Electorate
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Bass (Launceston) over the last few years than in other parts of the state. This area is now a significant hub for newcomers, with a very high number of residents arriving from overseas.
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 42.9% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 37.4% and higher than most other areas.
42.9% —
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 20.2% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national average of 14.5%.
20.2% —
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Bass (Launceston) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60105/bass/topic/mobility-location