Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of the City of Sydney in 2021 compared to Sutherland Shire shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who arrived before 2001, and a larger proportion of recent overseas arrivals (those who arrived between 2016 to Aug 2021).
Overall, 27.3% of the overseas born population arrived before 2001, and 35% arrived during or after 2016, compared with 58.1% and 9.3% respectively for Sutherland Shire.
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between the City of Sydney and Sutherland Shire are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (35.2% compared to 9.3%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 2011 to 2015 (17.7% compared to 11.1%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (2.8% compared to 12.1%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1971 to 1980 (4.4% compared to 11.4%)