46.7% —
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kingsford Smith · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Kingsford Smith
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Kingsford Smith have changed their address in the last five years. This high turnover, combined with a large number of new arrivals from abroad, makes it a very transient and evolving place to live.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, with 46.7% of people arriving in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and is much higher than most other similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 21.3% of the population, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14.9%. This proportion has risen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
21.3% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Kingsford Smith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED122/kingsford-smith/topic/mobility-location