MORE millennials and people born overseas are leaving big cities and metro areas to head to the regions, according to a report comparing data in the last two Census years.
From 2016-2021, the Shire of Strathbogie saw a 13.5 per cent boost in millennials and an 11pc boost in people born overseas, according to a report by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI).
The RAI's analysis found an additional 54,000 millennials headed for the regions during the latest Census period (2016-2021) compared to the previous Census period (2011-2016).
By contrast, the regions saw a net loss of just over 37,000 millennials in 2011-2016, suggesting the past trend of millennials leaving regional areas for the cities has been reversed.
The RAI report found a similar story unfolded amongst the overseas-born population, with regional Australia doubling its net gain of this demographic across the two Census periods.
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The trend has also been observed in nearby local government areas.
The Rural City of Wangaratta saw a 7.1pc rise in the millennial population and an 8.9pc hike in the overseas-born population.
Alpine Shire saw a high 13.6pc rise in millennials and 3.6pc jump in overseas-born.
Indigo saw a 19.1pc hike in millennials moving to the shire, and 6.8pc increase in overseas-born.
