49.9% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Porepunkah · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Porepunkah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Porepunkah have moved here in the last five years, making it a highly mobile community. This influx of new arrivals is a standout feature of the area, with a much higher proportion of people changing addresses compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.9% of people moved into the area in the last five years, which is well above the 40% seen across Victoria. This figure has risen by 9 points since 2011, placing Porepunkah among the highest for movement at this level.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 3.3% of the population arrived from overseas recently, which is far below the national figure of 14.5%. While this is much lower than the state average, the proportion of recent overseas arrivals has risen slightly since 2011.
3.3% ▲ —
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Porepunkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221059/porepunkah/topic/mobility-location