50.6% —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kingsford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Kingsford
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 30% of residents in Kingsford arrived from overseas recently, placing the area among the highest for new arrivals in the country. This high level of international movement contributes to a very mobile population, where over half of all locals have changed their home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.6% of people moved home in the last five years, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This represents a high level of mobility compared to most areas, although the rate fell 4.4 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 29.7% of the population, a figure far above the 14.5% national average. While this remains among the highest rates for similar areas, the proportion of recent arrivals fell 18 percentage points since 2016.
29.7% —
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118021565/kingsford/topic/mobility-location