69.8% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 69.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sydney · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Sydney
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 70% of people in Sydney have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes the city one of the most mobile areas in the country, driven by a massive influx of both domestic and international residents.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 69.8% of residents moved in the last five years, a figure far above the 39.9% seen in New South Wales and the 40.7% national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The city is a major hub for newcomers, with 34.5% of people arriving from overseas recently. This is far above the national and state figures, which both sit around 14.5% to 14.9%.
34.5% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 34.5%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13730/sydney/topic/mobility-location