37.4% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Portland · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Portland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a third of people in Portland have changed their address in the last five years. While the area sees some movement, it has fewer recent overseas arrivals than the state or national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the Australian figure of 40.7%. This is slightly lower than the Victoria average of 40%, though the rate has risen by 1.9 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.1% of the population, which is well below the 15.6% seen across Victoria. This figure has fallen by 2.2 points since the 2011 census.
10.1% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217011422/portland/topic/mobility-location