IT’S THE BESTPLACE TO LIVE!

BECAUSE WHILE AUSTRALIAIS 52nd IN POPULATION& 6th IN LAND MASS...

AND IT’S EASYTO SEE WHY...

BUT WE’RE

GROWING

WE’RE AGEING ...

AND WE’RE SEEING CHANGES INHOUSEHOLD TYPES,with the couple household soon to take overthe nuclear family as the most numerous.

A RECORD BABY BOOM &INCREASED LONGEVITY RATES

WE’RE ALSOGROWING THROUGHNATURALINCREASE

The average age of Australians fromother countries shows a long history

of warm welcomes:

from post-WWII reconstruction tounrest in 1970s Yugoslavia, migrationfrom Vietnam & Sri Lanka, 1990s flows from South Africa & Hong Kong to recent from South Africa & Hong Kong to recent

unrest in the Middle East & Africa.

BUT WE ARECULTURALLY

DIVERSE

TOP SEVENSOURCE COUNTRIES

still dominate our migrant lists.AND THE UK & NZ

WHICH IS FILLING OUR SKILLS SHORTAGES...

MORE THAN HALFOUR GROWTH IS FROM

NET OVERSEAS MIGRATION

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