Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of Waverley Council Area in 2021 compared to the City of Sydney shows that there was a larger proportion of people who arrived before 2001, and a smaller proportion of recent overseas arrivals (those who arrived between 2016 to Aug 2021).
Overall, 38.2% of the overseas born population arrived before 2001, and 28% arrived during or after 2016, compared with 27.3% and 35.2% respectively for the City of Sydney.
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between Waverley Council Area and the City of Sydney are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1971 to 1980 (7.3% compared to 4.4%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 1981 to 1990 (10.6% compared to 8.0%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (27.9% compared to 35.2%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2011 to 2015 (14.8% compared to 17.7%)