38.4% —
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Devonport · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Devonport
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A strong flow of new residents defines the local landscape in Devonport, where more than one in five people have arrived from overseas recently. This high level of international migration makes the area much more diverse than most similar places in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 38.4% of residents have moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Tasmanian figure of 37.4%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.3% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is a little above the state average and well above the national figure of 14.5%.
20.3% —
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL612002/devonport/topic/mobility-location