71.3% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 73.9%
- 2021: 71.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kingston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Kingston
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A staggering 71.3% of people in Kingston have moved house in the last five years. This makes the area far more mobile than most of the territory and the rest of Australia. High rates of recent movement are seen alongside a significant proportion of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People moving in the last five years reached 71.3%, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above the territory's 46.1% and the national figure of 40.7%, though it fell slightly by 2.6 points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 17.5% of the population, a figure well above the national average of 14.5%. This is about the same as the territory average, but it is down 5.3 points from 2016.
17.5% —
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061131/kingston/topic/mobility-location