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Millennials leaving Australia’s capital cities for country communities

RAI CEO Liz Ritchie said the Big Movers 2023 report has found an additional 54,000 millennials headed for the regions during the latest Census period (2016-2021) compared to the previous Census period (2011-2016).

“For so many years we’ve heard stories about young people from regional communities leaving the country to undergo further study and take up jobs in the cities, never to return.  But today we can debunk that myth,” Ms Ritchie said.

“This data shows there’s been a remarkable turnaround during the last Census, with a net loss of just over 37,000 millennials in the…

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