52.5% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Phillip · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Port Phillip
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A far higher proportion of people move into Port Phillip than in most other parts of the country. Over half the population, 52.5%, have changed their home in the last five years, reflecting a very mobile community.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The rate of people moving here is among the highest for similar areas, sitting 12 percentage points above both the Victorian and national figures. This high level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 22.1% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This is a drop from 2011, when recent arrivals accounted for 31% of the area.
22.1% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
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).
More for Port Phillip
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Port Phillip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20605/port-phillip/topic/mobility-location