The number of people leaving New South Wales and moving to other parts of Australia has reached its highest level in five years.
Figures from the Bureau of Statistics reveal that more people left NSW in 2016-17 than any other state in the country – with a net total of 15,160 people migrating to other states and territories.
While NSW endures its biggest loss of local residents since 2011-12, however, it is also enjoying Australia’s largest influx from overseas migration, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The number of people leaving New South Wales and moving to other parts of Australia has reached its highest level in five years, with a net total of 15,160 people migrating to other states and territories
Meanwhile, the NSW population saw an increase of 104,500 from net overseas migration in 2016-17 – more than any other state
The NSW population saw an increase of 104,500 from net overseas migration in 2016-17 – more than any other state.
Next was Victoria, which received a population boost of 90,000.
Of those who left NSW for other parts of Australia, more came from three Sydney districts than any other comparable region.
More people departed from Sydney’s inner-south west region (pictured) than anywhere else, with more than 29,000 departing for other areas
More than 29,000 people departed Sydney’s inner-south west region; some 18,000 left the eastern suburbs; while Parramatta also suffered significant losses.
NSW’s mass exodus meanwhile boosted the populations of other areas around Australia, with the Gold Coast in Queensland taking in more than 7000 new residents as a result of internal migration.
It was Victoria, however, that saw the biggest influx from internal migration, as a net total of 18,200 people moved there in 2016-17.
The Gold Coast in Queensland, meanwhile, took in more than 7000 new residents as a result of internal migration