As affordability bites in the south, Brisbane nets its highest number of internal migration in a decade becoming Australia's hottest capital city destination.
Realestate.com.au's Sophie Foster uncovers the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures which saw Brisbane notch the highest internal migration net gain of all capital cities (10,149 people) last financial year, at a time when Sydney lost double that number (-23,176).
The surrounding areas of Brisbane of Moreton Bay LGA (6,264), Gold Coast council (6,247) and the Sunshine Coast (6,200) all performed extremely well with specific suburbs North Lakes, Upper Coomera, Pimpama and Dakabin with strong net gains.
These trending figures highlight interstate migration largely generated by Sydney (9,900) in the 2015-16 financial year, as well as 9,200 people from the rest of New South Wales.
Brisbane's largest source of internal arrivals was the Rest of Queensland which saw a whopping 42,100 people move into the city.
Our younger generation led the charge to Brisbane, according to ABS, with the largest age group net gain coming from 15 to 24-year-olds (4,200 people), followed by 25 to 44-year-olds (2,700) and 0 to 14-year-olds (2,600).
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(Source: realestate.com.au & ABS net internal migration estimates)
