42.0% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 42.0%
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.
Much higher movement than most similar areas defines Kensington, where 42% of people have changed homes in the last five years. While many residents are shifting house, the area sees far fewer new arrivals from overseas than the state or national averages.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Queensland figure of 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.2% of the population. This is around the middle for its level, but well below the 14.5% seen across Australia.
5.2% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
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/SAL31507/kensington/topic/mobility-location