37.8% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Portland · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Portland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 38% of people in Portland have changed their address in the last five years, reflecting a more mobile population than most similar areas. While many residents move within Australia, the town sees fewer new arrivals from overseas compared to the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.8% of the population moved house recently, a figure higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Victorian rate of 40.0% and the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.3% of the community, which is higher than in most similar areas but remains well below the national figure of 14.5%.
10.3% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
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/sal/SAL22110/portland/topic/mobility-location