62.6% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sydney · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Sydney
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Sydney since 2011, with 62.6% of residents arriving in the last five years. This high level of churn makes it one of the most mobile areas in the country. While many move from overseas, a large portion of this growth comes from people relocating from other parts of the state or nation.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 62.6% of people moved house in the last five years, which is far above the 40.7% national figure. This rate has risen 6.9 percentage points since 2011, placing Sydney among the most mobile areas of its kind.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 29.2% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. Despite this high standing, the proportion of recent arrivals fell 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
29.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17200/sydney/topic/mobility-location