Regional Remain In Demand
While Regional Australia continues to attract those moving from capital cities, the pace of growth is easing.
The June 2025 Quarter Regional Movers Index shows that the number of capital-city people moving into the regions fell to its lowest level since the December 2019 quarter – dropping by 19.3%.
Despite the decline, people moving from cities to regions still outpace those moving in the other direction by 26%.
Migration from capitals to regions in the June 2025 quarter accounted for 11.2% of all internal migration.
The majority of those moves were to Regional New South Wales and Regional Queensland, followed by Regional Victoria.
The Sunshine Coast returned to the number one spot for net migration to Australia’s regions in the year to June 2025. Greater Geelong had led the list in the previous quarter but is now back in second place.
Lake Macquarie is in third place, followed by Maitland and Queensland’s Fraser Coast rounds out the top five.