Population drift to city reverses as state welcomes 2000 southerners a week

Tuesday February 02, 2021

If you wondered why house prices were booming in Queensland official data has given a reason – about 2000 people a week moved to the state during the June and September quarters as Sydney and Melbourne experienced an exodus of people.

Queensland had the biggest number of interstate migrants in the September quarter

And Queensland regions appeared to have reversed the drift of people to the city.

According to Conus Consultancy’s Pete Faulkner, over the course of the first three quarters of 2020 regional Queensland added a net 12,000 new…

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