37.9% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Fairy · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Port Fairy
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 38% of people in Port Fairy have moved house in the last five years, making it a more mobile place than most similar areas. This movement reflects a growing trend in the town, with the share of recent arrivals rising significantly since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
More people are moving here than in most similar areas, though the 37.9% figure is still a little below the state and national rates. This is a notable increase from 2011, when only 29.4% of residents had moved recently.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 9.9% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, and the proportion has fallen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
9.9% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215069/port-fairy/topic/mobility-location