53.9% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Redfern · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Redfern
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Redfern is among the most mobile areas in the country, with over half of its residents arriving in the last five years. This high turnover is driven by both domestic moves and a very strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over 53.9% of people here moved house in the last five years. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.2% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is well above both the state (14.9%) and national (14.5%) figures.
23.2% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 Redfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13352/redfern/topic/mobility-location