45.2% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Portarlington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Portarlington
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Portarlington have moved house in the last five years. This high rate of internal movement stands in stark contrast to the very low number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.2% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure well above the national mark of 40.7%. This trend has risen since 2011, making it much more common for people to move into the area than in most other regions.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are far less common here, with only 3.4% of people arriving from abroad recently. This is far below the Victorian figure of 15.6% and has barely changed over the last decade.
3.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031051/portarlington/topic/mobility-location