41.2% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Portarlington · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Portarlington
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Portarlington recently, with 41.2% of residents changing their address in the last five years. This shift comes alongside a very low rate of new arrivals from overseas, making the area far less diverse in its recent migration than most of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A high number of residents have recently relocated, with 41.2% moving house in the last five years. This is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Victorian figure of 40%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up just 4.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 14.5% and the state average of 15.6%.
4.2% ▲ +49.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
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/sal/SAL22109/portarlington/topic/mobility-location