47.8% ▲ +58.1%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kitchener · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Kitchener
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Kitchener (L) have moved house in the last five years, a figure well above the national average. This high turnover is driven by a surge in people arriving from overseas, which has seen the area become much more mobile than most others in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.8% of people moved home in the last five years, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This represents a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of movers rose 18 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23.8% of the population, which is well above the 14.5% national figure. This has increased sharply over the last decade, rising 17 points from 6.3% in 2011.
23.8% ▲ +275.0%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 Kitchener [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121061/kitchener/topic/mobility-location