47.2% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 47.2%
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.
Nearly half of all residents in Kensington have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile area. This churn is driven by a massive influx of people from abroad, with overseas arrivals far outnumbering the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 47.2% of people moved here in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 27.5% of the population. This is among the highest levels for this type of area and is far above both the South Australian and national figures.
27.5% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40677/kensington/topic/mobility-location