Aussies have fled NSW for warmer areas in Queensland and Western Australia trends now
One Australian state has lost thousands of residents in recent months, with people seemingly moving away to find warmer weather, new data suggests.
NSW residents are leaving their home state to live elsewhere in their droves, according to new population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The nation's most populous state had the greatest number of people leave. NSW's net interstate migration experienced a population loss of 37,914 in the year ending September 30, 2022.
Victoria also witnessed a large exodus of residents, with 15,569 fewer people inside its state borders during the same period.
Queensland seemed to pick up a lot of the population slack from the other states, with 46,623 people migrating to the sunshine state.
There was also an influx of people from the east moving to Western Australia, with 11,658 people arriving from interstate.
NSW residents are leaving in droves for warmer states. ABS statistics revealed NSW had a population loss of 37,914 in the year ending September 30, 2022 (pictured, Sydney)
Victoria also had a loss of residents, with 15,569 fewer people inside its state borders during the same period (pictured, Melbourne)
Australia's population grew by 1.6 per cent, similar to its growth in the years before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to head of ABS
