30.9% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sylvania · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Sylvania recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 30.9% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 30.9% of people moved here in the last five years. This is well below the 39.9% seen across New South Wales and the 40.7% across Australia.
30.9% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 4.1% of the population. This is far below the state figure of 14.9% and the national average of 14.5%, and is lower than most other areas.
4.1% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Sylvania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13732/sylvania/topic/mobility-location