53.2% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Redfern · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of all residents in Redfern have changed addresses recently, creating a mobility gap far wider than the national figure. This is a highly transient area where 53.2% of people moved house in the last five years, and overseas arrivals are much more common than in most other places.
People who moved in the last five years.
The movement of people into and out of the area is far above the national figure. About 53.2% of residents moved in the last five years, which is 12 points higher than the Australian average of 40.7%.
53.2% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
International arrivals are very common here, with 22.7% of people having moved from overseas recently. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and is much higher than most similar areas.
22.7% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Redfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031642/redfern/topic/mobility-location