41.3% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sydney · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Sydney
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Constant movement and a steady flow of international arrivals shape daily life in Sydney. About 41.3% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, while 15.5% arrived from overseas recently. This reflects a city that is always evolving as people move in and out.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.3% of people moved house in the last five years, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This level of mobility has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.5% of the population, which is higher than most other areas. This is a little above the national figure of 14.5%.
15.5% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
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/sua/1031/sydney/topic/mobility-location