41.6% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Sydney · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Sydney
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 41% of people in Sydney have changed their address in the last five years, making it a highly mobile area. This movement is mirrored by a strong international presence, with recent overseas arrivals making up a much higher share of the population than in most other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.6% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has risen 4.1 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little above the New South Wales average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.7% of the population, a figure much higher than most other areas. While this is a little above the national average, the proportion has fallen 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
15.7% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
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/ucl/UCL101001/sydney/topic/mobility-location