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Departures of migrant visa holders are expected to accelerate in coming years, according to leading demographers.

Migration tipped to plummet as post-COVID visas set to expire

A key election issue is high immigration levels, but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling fertility and shorter lifespans.

  • Shane Wright

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Nation’s capitals squeeze in an extra 430,000 people

Australia’s capital cities are home to a record 18.4 million people after their populations swelled by another 430,000 residents over the past year.

  • Shane Wright
New Zealanders are emigrating in record numbers in a trend their government may not be able to reverse. Pictured here is Bondi Beach in Sydney.

Why New Zealanders are migrating to Australia in record numbers

The government may not be able to reverse the trend, which one Kiwi describes as abandoning “a sinking boat”.

Departures from Australia are growing just as migrant numbers are falling.

Fewer migrants, more departures: Australia’s population growth hits lowest level in years

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest the federal government’s efforts to bring down burgeoning population growth are starting to work.

  • Shane Wright
Traffic converges at Kangaroo Point, near the Story Bridge and roads in three directions.

Draft SEQ transport plan flags need to be ‘creative’ to avoid gridlock

The document says governments will need to make better use of existing services due to a lack of funding, land, and goodwill for new infrastructure.

  • Sean Parnell
Brisbane remains a popular city for people to go to university, enter the workforce and raise families.

Brisbane set for population shift not seen in Queensland since the 1970s

The federal government expects more people to be living in Greater Brisbane than the rest of Queensland within months.

  • Sean Parnell
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Job projections for Sydney.

The Sydney suburbs running low on workers

The number of people with a job is set to shrink in scores of Sydney neighbourhoods over the next 25 years.

  • Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
Sydney’s popularity with immigrants keeps its population large.

Why Sydney will keep its place as Australia’s biggest city

Predictions that Melbourne’s population would soon overtake Sydney’s were premature.

  • Matt Wade
Every weekend, parents of unmarried adults come to the marriage market in Shanghai in hope of finding a good match for their children.

Inside Shanghai’s marriage market - where parents seek a match for their unwed child

Marriage rates are declining across China. But at a pop-up market in Shanghai, parents sit for hours every weekend, advertising their single children’s key attributes.

  • Lisa Visentin
Australia’s fertility rate needs to be about 1.2 children per woman to keep the country’s population from sliding backwards according to the Centre for Population.

Should we really go forth and multiply?

A drop in migration and a global slide in birth rates won’t stop Australia’s population growth. That will come with its challenges.

  • Millie Muroi

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