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Victoria · SA2 203031051

What's going on in Portarlington

Population 9,536 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#3 of 510 in Victoria

for Median age (59)

Rank 2

#182 of 510 in Victoria

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (48.8%)

Rank 3

#220 of 510 in Victoria

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (0.9%)

The three dimensions where Portarlington picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,139 / week
#480 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
59 years
#3 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
20.8%
#307 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
4.6%
#226 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.60
#509 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Portarlington's sharpest rank is for Median age. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #11 · one rank above Narooma - Bermagui New South Wales ↓ #13 · one rank below Moonta South Australia

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.