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“The loss of resident population in NSW and Victoria in the final quarter of 2021, has seen a growth of population in all other states and territories, except for the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n
“Most notable, more than 50,000 new residents moved to Queensland in 2021. “This remarkable ongoing shift in the location of the resident population has been a significant driver of the acute shortage of rental accommodation in Australia.”<\/p>\n
With the return of overseas migration, Australia’s annual population growth has started to recover from the COVID shock with the resident population increasing by 0.50 per cent in 2021.<\/p>\n
This is compared to an average growth in the decade before COVID of 1.54 per cent.<\/p>\n
Mr Reardon said a stable and reliable migration pathway for skilled workers was central to a strong, and growing, national economy.
\n“The release of the initial 2021 Census data today also includes the number of unoccupied homes in Australia.<\/p>\n
“Unoccupied dwellings have consistently made up around 10 per cent of dwellings in Australia in the past 35 years.<\/p>\n
“The 2021 Census shows that 10.1 per cent of dwellings were unoccupied on census night in 2021.”<\/p>\n
The two main reasons for a dwelling being unoccupied were that it was a holiday home, or the residents were absent on Census night.<\/p>\n
“This is not evidence of an under-utilisation of housing stock, but an indication that on any given night of the week, some households are on holiday,” Mr Reardon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New data shows that in 2021 more than 54,700 residents left NSW and Victoria due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in the final quarter of 2021 the number of overseas arrivals more than offset the loss of inter-state migration. HIA chief executive officer Tim Reardon said a slow return of overseas migration was easing the […]<\/p>\n