37.4% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Portland · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Portland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Portland in recent years, though it remains a stable place where residents tend to stay put. While 37.4% of the population moved here in the last five years, this is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People moving into Portland have increased since 2011, though the 37.4% who arrived in the last five years is still a little below the Victorian average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.1% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This group has grown significantly since 2011, rising from just 4.4%.
10.1% ▲ +127.0%
Lower than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 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/sua/2014/portland/topic/mobility-location