40.5% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Launceston · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Launceston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly a quarter of Launceston's residents arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of international migration makes the city a significant hub for newcomers compared to most other Tasmanian areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement into the city is common, with 40.5% of people moving here in the last five years. This is well above the Tasmania figure of 37.4% and is about the same as the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.5%, though the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
23.1% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
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/ucl/UCL611001/launceston/topic/mobility-location