34.2% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sydney - Sutherland · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Sydney - Sutherland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 7.1% of people in Sydney - Sutherland arrived from overseas recently, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This region sees far less movement than other parts of the country, both in terms of people moving between homes and new arrivals from abroad.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 34.2% of residents moved home in the last five years, a figure well below the national mark of 40.7%. While this represents a slight rise from 2011, the rate remains much lower than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 7.1% of the population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This proportion has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
7.1% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 91% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 - Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/128/sydney-sutherland/topic/mobility-location