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Building a more balanced and sustainable population distribution across Australia. This pillar aspires to see more than 11 million people living and prospering in the regions by 2032. Targets focus on developing a National Population Plan, attracting more young people to the regions, and supporting more overseas arrivals to settle regionally.

Population Research Reports

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Regional Migration Experiences
Population

08 May 2026

Regional Migration Experiences

Migration plays a significant role in the story of regional Australia, shaping our social, cultural and economic landscapes.
8/05/2026 12:00:00 PM
National Regional Housing Summit Outcomes and Recommendations
Population

26 March 2024

National Regional Housing Summit Outcomes and Recommendations

A strategic roadmap to address the housing crisis in regional Australia. It emphasizes the need for long-term planning, place-based policy, infrastructure investment, and diverse housing supply.
26/03/2024 12:00:00 PM
National Regional Housing Summit Event Summary and Policy Recommendations
Population

26 March 2024

National Regional Housing Summit Event Summary and Policy Recommendations

Identifying urgent and unique housing challenges across regional Australia, emphasizing the need for tailored, place-based solutions.
26/03/2024 12:00:00 PM
Big Movers 2023
Population

01 August 2023

Big Movers 2023

This report analyses internal migration trends using 2021 Census data.
1/08/2023 12:00:00 PM
Regional Jobs 2022 The Big Skills Challange
Population

01 May 2023

Regional Jobs 2022 The Big Skills Challange

Highlighting the growing demand for skilled workers in regional Australia, where job vacancies are rising faster than in metropolitan areas.
1/05/2023 12:00:00 PM
LGA Population Change – Overseas Born
Population

01 July 2022

LGA Population Change – Overseas Born

This report highlights that overseas-born migrants are increasingly settling in regional Australia, with 80% of LGAs showing growth located outside metropolitan areas.
1/07/2022 12:00:00 PM
LGA Population Change – Share Of Newly-arrived Migrants
Population

01 July 2022

LGA Population Change – Share Of Newly-arrived Migrants

Highlighting regional Australia is increasingly attracting newly arrived overseas migrants, especially in cities with strong job prospects and lifestyle appeal.
1/07/2022 12:00:00 PM
Millennials and Regional Australia: Analysing Trends in Millenial Migration Around Mid-Sized Towns
Population

01 October 2020

Millennials and Regional Australia: Analysing Trends in Millenial Migration Around Mid-Sized Towns

This report, Millennials and Regional Australia, examines the migration patterns of millennials around midsized towns (MSTs) in Australia. MSTs are towns with a population between 5,000 and 50,000, and there are 182 across the country.
1/10/2020 12:00:00 PM
The Big Movers: Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia Factsheet
Population

01 June 2020

The Big Movers: Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia Factsheet

Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia
1/06/2020 12:00:00 PM
The Big Movers: Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia Report
Population

01 June 2020

The Big Movers: Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia Report

This report, The Big Movers: Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia, looks at the way that people have moved around the country between the last two national Census in 2011 and 2016
1/06/2020 12:00:00 PM
Regional Population Growth - Are We Ready? The Economics of Alternative Australian Settlement Patter
Population

01 August 2019

Regional Population Growth - Are We Ready? The Economics of Alternative Australian Settlement Patter

Regional Australia is changing, and with this transformation comes boundless opportunities to rethink what regional Australia will look like in the future and how we want to shape our country as a whole.
1/08/2019 12:00:00 PM
Future Urban and Regional Settlement Patterns
Population

01 May 2019

Future Urban and Regional Settlement Patterns

This project assesses the economic impacts of a more decentralized population growth strategy that prioritizes greater regional growth in and around each of these four metropolitan regions.
1/05/2019 12:00:00 PM
Settlement Patterns: Econometric Analysis
Population

01 May 2019

Settlement Patterns: Econometric Analysis

This report identifies the positive socio-economic impacts arising from greater agglomeration across the Australian regional landscape.
1/05/2019 12:00:00 PM
National Population Plan for Australia
Population

01 February 2019

National Population Plan for Australia

Australians ‘vote with their feet’ in choosing where to live. While capital city growth has been high in recent years, between 2011 and 2016 over 650,000 capital city residents moved out.
1/02/2019 12:00:00 PM
Migration Community Narrative: Bendigo
Population

03 October 2018

Migration Community Narrative: Bendigo

Approximately 11 years ago, a local family sponsored the first Karen family in Bendigo. From there, settlement started to grow.
3/10/2018 12:00:00 PM
Migration Community Narrative: Biloela
Population

02 October 2018

Migration Community Narrative: Biloela

Biloela Enterprise Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation that works closely with local business, Council and other key stakeholders to promote prosperity and growth in the Biloela region.
2/10/2018 12:00:00 PM
Migration Community Narrative: Hamilton
Population

01 October 2018

Migration Community Narrative: Hamilton

The Great South Coast Economic Migration Project is a partnership between Great Lakes Agency for Peace and Development International (GLAPD Int.), Leadership Great South Coast (LGSC) and iGen Foundation.
1/10/2018 12:00:00 PM
Migration Community Narrative: Dalwallinu
Population

01 October 2018

Migration Community Narrative: Dalwallinu

The Shire of Dalwallinu, is home to the Regional Repopulation Project (RRP) the goal of which is to attract and retain new residents to the Dalwallinu district.
1/10/2018 12:00:00 PM
Migration Community Narrative: Mingoola
Population

01 July 2018

Migration Community Narrative: Mingoola

In 2011, the Mingoola Progress Association drafted a community action plan to address the significant concerns it had about the town’s future – an ageing population and unreliable workforce for the local farms.
1/07/2018 12:00:00 PM
Migration Community Narrative: Nhill
Population

01 July 2018

Migration Community Narrative: Nhill

Working in collaboration with resettlement agency AMES Australia, the Millington’s helped small groups of Karen refugees move from Melbourne to Nhill in 2010. The positive experiences of these first-movers inspired others and, by the following year,
1/07/2018 12:00:00 PM