Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born population of the City of Sydney in 2021 compared to SSROC region 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 43.6% and 21.9% respectively for SSROC region.
The major differences in year of arrival data in the population between the City of Sydney and SSROC region are:
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (35.2% compared to 21.9%)
- A larger percentage of arrivals between 2011 to 2015 (17.7% compared to 13.4%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1981 to 1990 (8.0% compared to 12.4%)
- A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (2.8% compared to 6.7%)