Analysis of the country of birth of the population in the City of Sydney in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a larger proportion of people born overseas.
Overall, 48.6% of the population was born overseas, compared with 38.6% for Greater Sydney.
The largest non-English speaking country of birth in the City of Sydney was China, where 7.8% of the population, or 16,583 people, were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the population in the City of Sydney and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage of people born in China (7.8% compared to 4.6%)
- A larger percentage of people born in Thailand (3.0% compared to 0.5%)
- A larger percentage of people born in United Kingdom (5.7% compared to 3.5%)
- A larger percentage of people born in Indonesia (2.7% compared to 0.7%)