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City of Port Phillip

Year of arrival

In 2021, 41 people who were living in City of Port Phillip, were born in Portugal and 24.4% arrived in Australia within the last 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.

Year of Arrival data should be looked at in conjunction with Age Structure - most people migrate to another country when they are relatively young.

Please note, for this topic only, where 'Total population' is selected as a benchmark, this refers to the total overseas-born population in the area. People not born overseas do not have a year of arrival.

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 - born in Portugal2021
Year of arrival in AustraliaNumber%IMAP area
Arrived in 1960 or earlier00.00.0
1961 to 197049.87.5
1971 to 1980717.115.4
1981 to 19901126.830.1
1991 to 200037.37.9
2001 to 201000.04.5
2011 to 2015614.612.8
2016 to Aug 20211024.420.3
Not stated00.01.5
Total people41100.0100.0
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 population born in Portugal of City of Port Phillip in 2021 compared to IMAP area shows that there was a similar proportion of people who arrived before 2001, and a larger proportion of recent overseas arrivals (those who arrived between 2016 to 10 Aug 2021).

Overall, 61.0% of the population born in Portugal arrived before 2001, and 24.4% arrived during or after 2016, compared with 60.9% and 20.3% respectively for IMAP area.

The major differences between the year of arrival data the population born in Portugal in the City of Port Phillip and IMAP area were:

  • A larger percentage of arrivals between 2016 to Aug 2021 (24.4% compared to 20.3%)
  • A larger percentage of arrivals between 1961 to 1970 (9.8% compared to 7.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of arrivals between 2001 to 2010 (0.0% compared to 4.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of arrivals between 1981 to 1990 (26.8% compared to 30.1%)

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