39.9% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Launceston · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Launceston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have arrived from overseas in Launceston than in most similar areas. Roughly 22% of the population moved here from another country recently, making the city a major hub for new arrivals compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure and about the same as the national rate, with the proportion rising slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 21.8% of the population, which is well above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia. This proportion is much higher than in most other areas, despite a small dip since 2011.
21.8% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6004/launceston/topic/mobility-location