56.4% ▲ +61.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
The Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in The Rocks
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in The Rocks have moved into the area in the last five years, a figure far above the national average. This high turnover is driven by both domestic movement and a strong influx of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 56.4% of residents moved here in the last five years. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is 16 percentage points higher than both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 20.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.5%.
20.1% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 The Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13856/the-rocks/topic/mobility-location