38.2% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Portland · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Portland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Portland have moved house in the last five years. This shows a relatively mobile population compared to similar areas, though these figures have fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.2% of residents moved in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the figures for Victoria (40.0%) and Australia (40.7%), and is 13 points lower than it was in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 10.4% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is well below the Victorian average of 15.6% and the national figure of 14.5%, and has fallen 9.6 points since 2011.
10.4% ▼ -48.0%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
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/ucl/UCL213012/portland/topic/mobility-location