45.5% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 81% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sydney - Inner West · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Sydney - Inner West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of the people in Sydney - Inner West have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile part of the city. This constant churn of residents is driven by both local relocations and a strong draw for people arriving from abroad.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.5% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average of 40.7%. This proportion of movers has risen since 2011, and is much higher than in most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 19% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. While this is still much higher than most areas, the share of recent arrivals fell slightly from 20.1% in 2011.
19.0% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/120/sydney-inner-west/topic/mobility-location