South-east Queensland and south-west Western Australia are Australia’s most popular places to move to according to Australian Social Trends, the quarterly snapshot of society from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Relocation across the nation
Brisbane was the only capital city to experience substantial growth from internal migration in the five years to 2006, with a net increase of 40,000 people from elsewhere in Australia.
Other regions of South-East Queensland also had significant growth from internal migration including Gold Coast-Tweed which netted 35,000 people, the Sunshine Coast (17,000) and Hervey Bay (7,300).
Further north in Queensland, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay also featured among the top ten fastest growing regions with relatively strong internal migration. Mandurah and Bunbury in WA (both south of Perth) also grew very quickly from internal migration in the five years to 2006.
A.B.S. June 30, 2009
