60.0% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Surry Hills · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Surry Hills
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Six out of ten people in Surry Hills have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most transient areas in the country. This high turnover is driven by a strong mix of locals relocating and a very large number of new arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 60% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is far above the 39.9% seen across New South Wales and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 26% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above the national figure of 14.5%.
26.0% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13714/surry-hills/topic/mobility-location