62.5% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sydney Inner City · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Sydney Inner City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved here recently than in almost any other similar area, making Sydney Inner City a highly transient hub. About 62.5% of residents shifted house in the last five years, reflecting a population that is constantly changing.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years rose to 62.5% since 2011. This is far above the national figure of 40.7% and the New South Wales rate of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 28.9% of the population, which is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
28.9% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 Inner City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11703/sydney-inner-city/topic/mobility-location