55.5% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Kensington
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Kensington moved here in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is driven by a huge number of new arrivals from overseas, with 28.9% of residents arriving recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 55.5% of residents have moved house since 2016. This is far above the 39.9% seen in New South Wales and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 28.9% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above the state and national figures, both of which sit around 14.5% to 14.9%.
28.9% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12107/kensington/topic/mobility-location