62.1% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 85.3%
- 2016: 81.2%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kirkwood · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Kirkwood
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive 62.1% of people have moved house in the last five years, making Kirkwood one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover of residents is a standout feature for the place, far exceeding both state and national patterns.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over 62% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure far above the 44.8% seen in Queensland and the 40.7% national average. This level of movement is among the highest for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 12.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 13.7% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
12.7% ▼ -71.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Kirkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31556/kirkwood/topic/mobility-location