Census 2021: Australians fleeing Victoria, moving to Queensland

Startling new data has revealed which Australian state locals are fleeing from the most.

Australians have continued to abandon New South Wales and Victoria in droves, new data has revealed.

In the shadow of the 2021 Census, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the population estimates for December 2021.

Over 14,500 NSW residents fled the state in the final months of 2021- while interstate migration to Queensland grew by 19,247.

Australia’s second most populous state Victoria also continued to lose residents during the final quarter of 2021, down 8,779.

New population data has revealed people continue to leave NSW, Victoria.

Interstate migration to Western Australia also grew with 4,970 people choosing to make the switch to the west.

Tasmania and South Australia’s interstate migration also grew slightly.

For the year to December, both Queensland and Northern Territory’s populations received a boost from Australians looking for a tree change.

Overall, most states and territories received a positive population growth rate.

Victoria, the most heavily impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns, had the only negative growth rate.

But the data is only part of the story.

Census data, also released on Tuesday, revealed Australia’s population has risen to more than 25 million people, an increase of 8.6 per cent since 2016.

The greatest population rise was in the ACT, where the number of people living in the territory increased by 14.4 per cent.

Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania all recorded a population rise of between 9 and 10 per cent, while NSW saw a jump of 7.9 per cent.

The Northern Territory experienced the smallest population growth of just 1.6 per cent.

All up, almost 80 per cent of all Australian residents on the east coast.