Launceston suburbs people moved to from the city

The suburb of Launceston tops the ranking: 13.1% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne. East Launceston and Invermay follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 20 eligible Launceston suburbs.

This page ranks Launceston suburbs by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify.

These are the places people from the capitals moved to between 2016 and 2021, and each row names the capital most of them came from. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it, so a suburb near the top is not necessarily growing. Not every move is a sea change or a tree change: mining towns and Defence bases rank high because jobs bring people there. The Central Coast is part of Greater Sydney in the ABS geography; we count it as a place of its own, so moves from the Central Coast are not moves from Sydney. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder.

Launceston suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city

Ranked by the share of residents aged five and over who lived in a capital city five years before the 2021 Census, among suburbs outside the capitals with at least 1,000 residents. It counts arrivals only: people who moved the other way are not in it.

1

Launceston

TAS 7250 · 3,110 residents

13.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 396 residents

B 100.0
2

East Launceston

TAS 7250 · 2,270 residents

10.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 218 residents

A+ 94.7
3

Invermay

TAS 7248 · 3,498 residents

9.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 329 residents

B 89.5
4

South Launceston

TAS 7249 · 4,894 residents

9.4% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 435 residents

A 84.2
5

Mowbray

TAS 7248 · 4,048 residents

8.6% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 328 residents

D 79.0
6

West Launceston

TAS 7250 · 4,316 residents

8.5% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 351 residents

A 73.7
7

Newstead

TAS 7250 · 5,617 residents

8.1% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 434 residents

A+ 68.4
8

Trevallyn

TAS 7250 · 4,826 residents

7.0% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 323 residents

B 63.2
9

Riverside

TAS 7250 · 7,326 residents

6.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 481 residents

A 57.9
10

Prospect

TAS 7250 · 1,908 residents

6.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 123 residents

A 52.6
11

Kings Meadows

TAS 7249 · 4,359 residents

6.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 256 residents

B 47.4
12

Newnham

TAS 7248 · 7,073 residents

5.8% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 388 residents

C 42.1
13

Norwood

TAS 7250 · 3,869 residents

4.3% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Melbourne · 160 residents

A 36.8
14

Legana

TAS 7277 · 4,719 residents

4.2% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Sydney · 186 residents

B 31.6
15

Prospect Vale

TAS 7250 · 5,433 residents

3.9% lived in a capital five years earlier · most from Hobart · 201 residents

A 26.3

Ranked from 20 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

100% share of residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Launceston's candidate pool. Suburbs that touch a capital's statistical area are not ranked, because the count for their own area includes people who never moved. The Central Coast counts as a place of its own, not as Sydney. Only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents qualify, and the larger number of arrivals breaks ties. It counts arrivals, not net migration. Source: ABS 2021 Census, via TableBuilder; the ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the launceston suburbs people moved to from the city?

The suburb of Launceston tops the ranking: 13.1% of its residents lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne. East Launceston and Invermay follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 20 eligible Launceston suburbs.

How is this ranking put together?

Each Launceston suburb is ranked by the share of its residents aged five and over who lived in one of the eight capital cities five years before the 2021 Census. Suburbs inside the capitals are not ranked, and only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents are included.

Does this show where people are leaving?

No. It counts people who arrived from a capital, not people who left the suburb. A place near the top can have lost as many residents as it gained, so it is not a measure of growth.

Why are some suburbs near a capital missing?

A suburb that touches a capital's statistical area is left out: the Census count for its own area includes people who never moved, so a share would overstate the arrivals.

How current is it?

It covers moves between August 2016 and August 2021, from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027.

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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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