34.9% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Forth · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Forth
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a third of residents in Forth have arrived from overseas recently, making it a highly international small community. While few of its people move house frequently, the area has seen a massive jump in arrivals from abroad over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34.9% of people moved here in the last five years. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure and well below the national average, with the proportion falling slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area has seen a huge increase in overseas arrivals, rising 36 points since 2011 to reach 35.6%. This is far above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia, placing Forth among the highest for recent arrivals at this level.
35.6% ▲ —
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 35.6%
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 Forth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622009/forth/topic/mobility-location