More Australians aged 25-44 are moving from cities to regional areas than vice versa.
According to the Regional Australia Institute, ‘returners’ make up a significant pattern in internal migration that often fails to be recognised as a positive – and popular – life choice for many Australians.
Between 2010 and 2011, Australia’s regional population grew by 10,597 people, with more than 135,000 leaving a capital city to move interstate or into a regional area. Of these:
- 2,374 people moved from Hobart to regional TAS
- 34,551 people moved from Sydney to regional NSW
- 30,576 moved from Melbourne to regional VIC
- 37,016 moved from Brisbane to regional QLD
- 11,252 moved from Adelaide to regional SA
- 19,981 moved from Perth to regional WA
Re-post of There’s no place like home (in regional Australia) by Regional Australia Institute
