A mass migration - record numbers leave NSW through pandemic | swrighteconomy rachelclun
A record number of Australians moved to another state or territory through the second half of the COVID pandemic, with tens of thousands fleeing lockdowns and high infection rates in a demographic earthquake that could reverberate for years.
Despite ongoing border restrictions, people moved en masse to Queensland and Western Australia while regional centres across the country also welcomed new residents from far-flung parts of the nation. “Being locked down so much [during the pandemic], that kind of spurred me to really want a change,” she said.
Queensland was the go-to state for NSW people with a net 44,700 moving north of the Tweed through 2020 and 2021. Two-thirds of those moved last year. Australian National University demographer Liz Allen said it appeared the pandemic, and its associated lockdowns, had contributed to the surge in people moving about the country.
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