39.5% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hobart · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Hobart
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher share of people in Hobart have recently arrived from overseas compared to the rest of the country. This trend has grown since 2011, making the area a significant hub for new arrivals in Tasmania.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.5% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure and slightly below the national average. This figure has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.8% of the population, which is well above both the state (17.7%) and national (14.5%) figures. This proportion has increased since 2011.
20.8% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 83% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6003/hobart/topic/mobility-location