Just a few weeks in the past the ABS launched some up to date inhabitants progress figures.
Briefly, for the 12 months ending September 2021, Australia’s inhabitants grew by 70,000 folks.
The massive winners within the inhabitants progress stakes have been:
- Queensland, up 58,000;
- New South Wales, up 24,000 and
- Western Australia, up 18,000.
Victoria misplaced some 33,000 folks over that twelve-month interval.
After I current stats about inhabitants progress – and particularly when requested by mates or relations across the dinner desk (or extra probably firepit lately) – I see eyes glaze over.
Many can’t course of what, say a rise like 70,000, truly seems to be like.
So, when answering such questions, l like to offer the solutions as a weekly determine.
Desk 1 outlines such:
Subsequently, Queensland’s complete inhabitants progress is rising by 1,100 folks each week; while Tasmania’s (and regardless of what the locals will inform you) is just seeing its inhabitants elevate by 4 (4) folks every week.
That’s simply 190 folks over the past 12 months.
The long-trend interstate migration outcomes for each Queensland and Tasmania are charted beneath:
Many individuals in enterprise applaud excessive inhabitants progress numbers.
There’s lots of debate that inhabitants progress with out accompanying financial grunt doesn’t assist a lot relating to the financial welfare of the native inhabitants.
And extra bums on seats means extra automobiles.
The newest figures (2021) counsel that for each 1,000 improve in inhabitants throughout Australia equates to 785 extra automobiles.
This determine is 830 automobiles per 1,000 in Qld and SA.
And rises to 870 in WA and 955 in Tasmania.
On considered one of my latest common work journeys to Queensland, many punters needed to inform me in regards to the fast rise in web interstate migration to the sunshine state.
Sure, once more as on the September Quarter final 12 months, the online interstate migration end result noticed 1,400 folks per week transfer to Queensland.
This was up from 600 folks per week over the identical twelve-week interval a 12 months in the past.
Some 60% of the latest interstate migrants to Queensland got here from NSW, with one other 30% coming from Victoria.
Is that this sustainable?
Hmmm, I don’t assume so.
I believe the latest flooding; cooling NSW and Victorian housing markets; workplace callbacks and the removing of most Covid-related restrictions will most certainly see interstate migration patterns settle again right down to the longer-term averages.
If I’m right, then Queensland’s web interstate motion will nonetheless common one thing like 800 new folks per week.
It truly is a rat race in any case.
