City of Port Phillip
Migration by age and location
Between 2016 and 2021, the LGA with the highest net migration to City of Port Phillip (+393) was from Stonnington, whilst the highest net loss (-1,673) was to Glen Eira.
The age structure of people who move into and out of City of Port Phillip is strongly influenced by the residential role and function of the area and can influence demand for particular services. For instance, inner city areas near employment, education and entertainment tend to attract many young people in their late teens and early twenties, who move out in their late twenties and thirties to start families in suburban areas. Rural areas tend to lose young people and gain older families and retirees.
Understanding City of Port Phillip's attraction to different age groups helps to plan services for the community as well as advocating with other levels of government and private enterprise to provide infrastructure, employment opportunities and facilities which may help to retain age groups which are otherwise leaving the area.
To see annual migration patterns (outside the Census), please refer to the Annual migration by location page. Note - please use this with caution as currently the annual migration numbers are based on pre-Census change-of-address records and may not match the numbers on this page from the 2021 Census
Derived from the Census questions:
'Where does the person usually live?' and 'Where did the person usually live five years ago (at 10 August 2016)?'.
| Net gains and losses by LGA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Port Phillip - between 2016 and 2021 | ||||
| LGA | In migration | Out migration | Net migration | |
| Stonnington | 26350 | 2,762 | 2,369 | +393 |
| Melbourne | 24600 | 2,457 | 2,238 | +219 |
| Boroondara | 21110 | 1,056 | 844 | +212 |
| Sydney | 17200 | 375 | 234 | +141 |
| Brimbank | 21180 | 344 | 219 | +125 |
| Whitehorse | 26980 | 439 | 356 | +83 |
| Monash | 24970 | 708 | 636 | +72 |
| Knox | 23670 | 288 | 235 | +53 |
| Greater Dandenong | 22670 | 219 | 166 | +53 |
| Manningham | 24210 | 313 | 261 | +52 |
| Yarra | 27350 | 1,181 | 1,133 | +48 |
| Woollahra | 18500 | 91 | 58 | +33 |
| Inner West | 14170 | 154 | 122 | +32 |
| Blacktown | 10750 | 41 | 12 | +29 |
| Randwick | 16550 | 102 | 74 | +28 |
| Melville | 55320 | 48 | 22 | +26 |
| Joondalup | 54170 | 43 | 18 | +25 |
| Latrobe (Vic.) | 23810 | 74 | 49 | +25 |
| Nedlands | 56580 | 28 | 4 | +24 |
| Vincent | 58570 | 49 | 26 | +23 |
| Parramatta | 16260 | 62 | 39 | +23 |
| Penrith | 16350 | 25 | 5 | +20 |
| Sutherland Shire | 17150 | 44 | 24 | +20 |
| Cardinia | 21450 | 167 | 147 | +20 |
| Willoughby | 18250 | 30 | 11 | +19 |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 45890 | 28 | 9 | +19 |
| Canada Bay | 11520 | 60 | 43 | +17 |
| Cambridge | 51310 | 32 | 15 | +17 |
| Canning | 51330 | 29 | 13 | +16 |
| Ryde | 16700 | 38 | 22 | +16 |
| Whittlesea | 27070 | 213 | 197 | +16 |
| Wangaratta | 26700 | 33 | 20 | +13 |
| Townsville | 37010 | 52 | 39 | +13 |
| Cumberland | 12380 | 21 | 8 | +13 |
| The Hills Shire | 17420 | 27 | 14 | +13 |
| Casey | 21610 | 395 | 382 | +13 |
| Wanneroo | 58760 | 23 | 10 | +13 |
| Swan | 58050 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
| Perth | 57080 | 49 | 37 | +12 |
| South Perth | 57840 | 34 | 22 | +12 |
| Corangamite | 21830 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
| Newcastle | 15900 | 51 | 40 | +11 |
| Mosman | 15350 | 22 | 11 | +11 |
| Bayswater | 50420 | 29 | 18 | +11 |
| Broome | 50980 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
| Salisbury | 47140 | 19 | 9 | +10 |
| Onkaparinga | 45340 | 25 | 15 | +10 |
| Murray River | 15520 | 19 | 9 | +10 |
| Lismore | 14850 | 26 | 16 | +10 |
| Liverpool | 14900 | 13 | 4 | +9 |
| Georges River | 12930 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 11570 | 26 | 18 | +8 |
| West Torrens | 48410 | 25 | 17 | +8 |
| Moonee Valley | 25060 | 529 | 521 | +8 |
| Victoria Park | 58510 | 26 | 18 | +8 |
| Subiaco | 57980 | 24 | 17 | +7 |
| Moorabool | 25150 | 50 | 43 | +7 |
| Campbelltown (SA) | 40910 | 14 | 7 | +7 |
| Holdfast Bay | 42600 | 28 | 21 | +7 |
| Ku-ring-gai | 14500 | 22 | 15 | +7 |
| Albury | 10050 | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| Wagga Wagga | 17750 | 22 | 16 | +6 |
| Waverley | 18050 | 115 | 109 | +6 |
| Campaspe | 21370 | 25 | 19 | +6 |
| Bayside (NSW) | 10500 | 40 | 35 | +5 |
| Lake Macquarie | 14650 | 20 | 15 | +5 |
| Belmont | 50490 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Palmerston | 72800 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Rockingham | 57490 | 19 | 15 | +4 |
| Redland | 36250 | 28 | 24 | +4 |
| Maroondah | 24410 | 209 | 205 | +4 |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | 16380 | 21 | 17 | +4 |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional | 16490 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| Burwood | 11300 | 10 | 7 | +3 |
| Northern Beaches | 15990 | 85 | 82 | +3 |
| Augusta Margaret River | 50280 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| Claremont | 51750 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| Greater Bendigo | 22620 | 123 | 121 | +2 |
| Armadale | 50210 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
| Marion | 44060 | 16 | 15 | +1 |
| Greater Shepparton | 22830 | 40 | 39 | +1 |
| Whitsunday | 37340 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Mandurah | 55110 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Unincorporated ACT | 89399 | 276 | 276 | 0 |
| Alice Springs | 70200 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Darwin | 71000 | 64 | 65 | -1 |
| Mackay | 34770 | 11 | 12 | -1 |
| Unley | 47980 | 35 | 36 | -1 |
| Central Coast (NSW) | 11650 | 50 | 51 | -1 |
| Eurobodalla | 12750 | 12 | 13 | -1 |
| Wollongong | 18450 | 40 | 42 | -2 |
| Cairns | 32080 | 56 | 58 | -2 |
| Adelaide | 40070 | 42 | 44 | -2 |
| Swan Hill | 26610 | 9 | 11 | -2 |
| Kingborough | 63610 | 20 | 22 | -2 |
| West Tamar | 65810 | 12 | 15 | -3 |
| Hume | 23270 | 223 | 226 | -3 |
| Warrnambool | 26730 | 25 | 29 | -4 |
| Wellington | 26810 | 45 | 50 | -5 |
| Wodonga | 27170 | 14 | 19 | -5 |
| Moira | 24900 | 18 | 23 | -5 |
| Blue Mountains | 10900 | 6 | 11 | -5 |
| Mosman Park | 55740 | 8 | 13 | -5 |
| Stirling | 57910 | 98 | 104 | -6 |
| Toowoomba | 36910 | 12 | 18 | -6 |
| Adelaide Hills | 40120 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
| Norwood Payneham and St Peters | 45290 | 31 | 37 | -6 |
| Shellharbour | 16900 | 3 | 10 | -7 |
| Hornsby | 14000 | 17 | 25 | -8 |
| Coffs Harbour | 11800 | 15 | 23 | -8 |
| Horsham | 23190 | 7 | 15 | -8 |
| Douglas | 32810 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| Prospect | 46510 | 4 | 13 | -9 |
| Glenelg | 22410 | 5 | 14 | -9 |
| Cottesloe | 52170 | 3 | 12 | -9 |
| Central Coast (Tas.) | 60810 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| Gympie | 33620 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| Ipswich | 33960 | 11 | 21 | -10 |
| Rockhampton | 36370 | 4 | 14 | -10 |
| Mitchell | 24850 | 34 | 44 | -10 |
| Indigo | 23350 | 14 | 25 | -11 |
| Busselton | 51260 | 0 | 11 | -11 |
| Lane Cove | 14700 | 23 | 34 | -11 |
| Shoalhaven | 16950 | 3 | 15 | -12 |
| Gladstone | 33360 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
| Burnside | 40700 | 14 | 28 | -14 |
| Mildura | 24780 | 20 | 34 | -14 |
| Colac Otway | 21750 | 25 | 39 | -14 |
| North Sydney | 15950 | 66 | 80 | -14 |
| Ballina | 10250 | 15 | 30 | -15 |
| Murrindindi | 25620 | 15 | 31 | -16 |
| Strathbogie | 26430 | 8 | 25 | -17 |
| Fraser Coast | 33220 | 0 | 17 | -17 |
| Logan | 34590 | 14 | 31 | -17 |
| Huon Valley | 63010 | 0 | 17 | -17 |
| Moreton Bay | 35010 | 58 | 76 | -18 |
| Mitcham | 44340 | 9 | 29 | -20 |
| Moyne | 25490 | 10 | 30 | -20 |
| Fremantle | 53430 | 24 | 45 | -21 |
| Cockburn | 51820 | 27 | 48 | -21 |
| Baw Baw | 20830 | 46 | 71 | -25 |
| Melton | 24650 | 165 | 193 | -28 |
| Clarence | 61410 | 19 | 49 | -30 |
| Golden Plains | 22490 | 7 | 39 | -32 |
| Queenscliffe | 26080 | 3 | 37 | -34 |
| Nillumbik | 25710 | 87 | 122 | -35 |
| Charles Sturt | 41060 | 46 | 81 | -35 |
| Bega Valley | 10550 | 8 | 44 | -36 |
| South Gippsland | 26170 | 36 | 74 | -38 |
| Launceston | 64010 | 29 | 68 | -39 |
| Tweed | 17550 | 14 | 60 | -46 |
| East Gippsland | 22110 | 23 | 71 | -48 |
| Mansfield | 24250 | 14 | 63 | -49 |
| Hobart | 62810 | 81 | 132 | -51 |
| Alpine | 20110 | 7 | 64 | -57 |
| Yarra Ranges | 27450 | 213 | 277 | -64 |
| Mount Alexander | 25430 | 24 | 93 | -69 |
| Banyule | 20660 | 288 | 357 | -69 |
| Byron | 11350 | 32 | 114 | -82 |
| Ballarat | 20570 | 115 | 209 | -94 |
| Noosa | 35740 | 43 | 137 | -94 |
| Bass Coast | 20740 | 71 | 190 | -119 |
| Hepburn | 22910 | 34 | 156 | -122 |
| Frankston | 22170 | 348 | 513 | -165 |
| Sunshine Coast | 36720 | 86 | 251 | -165 |
| Brisbane | 31000 | 569 | 748 | -179 |
| Macedon Ranges | 24130 | 85 | 269 | -184 |
| Gold Coast | 33430 | 208 | 446 | -238 |
| Darebin | 21890 | 459 | 700 | -241 |
| Moreland | 25250 | 658 | 970 | -312 |
| Surf Coast | 26490 | 60 | 401 | -341 |
| Maribyrnong | 24330 | 425 | 804 | -379 |
| Hobsons Bay | 23110 | 451 | 876 | -425 |
| Wyndham | 27260 | 481 | 954 | -473 |
| Mornington Peninsula | 25340 | 448 | 933 | -485 |
| Greater Geelong | 22750 | 272 | 878 | -606 |
| Kingston (Vic.) | 23430 | 824 | 1,470 | -646 |
| Bayside (Vic.) | 20910 | 1,527 | 2,584 | -1,057 |
| Glen Eira | 22310 | 2,024 | 3,697 | -1,673 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window), 2021 (Usual Residence Data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
NOTE: Data shown in the table and map excludes any Local Government Areas which have a population movement of fewer than 10 persons into and out of City of Port Phillip.