The ABS released new interstate migration data today for the September 2020 quarter:
Provisional statistics on internal migration at state/territory and capital city levels
www.abs.gov.au
The ten big takeaway points are:
1. Queensland had the largest increase in net internal migration (+7,237), followed by Western Australia (+631)
2. New South Wales had the largest loss in net internal migration (-4,110), followed by Victoria (-3,749)
3. Victoria had the biggest change in net internal migration from both the September 2019 quarter (+2,030) and the June 2020 quarter (-3,042) to the September 2020 quarter (-3,749)
4. The net loss in the September 2020 quarter in Victoria was the largest quarterly loss for the state since September 1995
5. The net gain in the September 2020 quarter in Queensland was the largest quarterly gain for the state since December 2017
6. The net gain in the September 2020 quarter in Western Australia was the first quarterly gain for the state since June 2013
7. Brisbane had the largest increase in net internal migration (+3,215), followed by Perth (+1,388
8. Sydney had the largest decrease in net internal migration (-7,782), followed by Melbourne (-7,445)
9. Melbourne also had the biggest change in net internal migration from both the September 2019 quarter (-985) to the September 2020 quarter (-7,445), while Sydney had the biggest change from June 2020 (-6,378) to September 2020 (-7,782)
10. The net loss of people from capital cities in the September quarter (-11,247) was the highest since the ABS began tracking this information in 2001.
These stats, in context:
1. Queensland and Western Australia kept their borders closed to New South Wales and Victoria for much (if not all) of the September 2020 quarter
2. Melbourne's second wave occurred throughout the September 2020 quarter