Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of SSROC region in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a similar proportion of people who arrived before 2001, and a larger proportion of recent overseas arrivals (those who arrived between 2016 to Aug 2021).
Overall, 43.6% of the overseas born population arrived before 2001, and 22% arrived during or after 2016, compared with 43.6% and 19.1% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between SSROC region and Greater Sydney are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (21.9% compared to 19.1%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (6.7% compared to 5.9%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2001 to 2010 (18.4% compared to 21.3%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1991 to 2000 (13.1% compared to 14.3%)