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City of Port Phillip

Year of arrivals

In 2021, 1,081 Greek speakers living in City of Port Phillip were born overseas, and 4.0% arrived in Australia within 5 years prior to 2021.

The Year of Arrival data records when the overseas born population arrived in Australia. The data shows the degree to which areas are 'ports' for new overseas arrivals and reveals the role of City of Port Phillip in housing newer or older migrant groups. When looking at those speaking a language other than English this will tend to exclude those from English speaking countries, and may indicate whether the languages are used by recent migrants, older migrants, or 2nd or 3rd generation Australians.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'In what year did the person first arrive in Australia to live here for one year or more?'

Year of arrivals
City of Port Phillip - Greek speakers2021
Year of arrival in AustraliaNumber%IMAP area
Arrived in 1960 or earlier18617.219.4
1961 to 197061356.754.5
1971 to 198012611.711.0
1981 to 1990201.92.3
1991 to 2000111.01.4
2001 to 2010171.61.9
2011 to 2015333.13.7
2016 to Aug 2021434.03.2
Not stated323.02.6
Total people born overseas1,081100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the year of arrival for the overseas born Greek speaking population of City of Port Phillip in 2021 compared to IMAP area shows that there was a similar proportion of people who arrived before 2010, and a larger proportion of recent overseas arrivals (those who arrived between 2016 and 2021).

Overall, 90.0% of the overseas born Greek speaking population arrived before 2010, and 4.0% arrived during or after 2016, compared with 90.5% and 3.2% respectively for IMAP area.

The major differences between the year of arrival data of the Greek speaking population of the City of Port Phillip and IMAP area were:

  • A larger percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (56.7% compared to 54.5%)
  • A larger percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (4.0% compared to 3.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of arrivals between Arrived in 1960 or earlier (17.2% compared to 19.4%)

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