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Young men go southeast - and head to Canberra for work


Canberra, the capital of Australia, has doubled its population in five years from 2006 to 2011, according to the federal government’s State of Australian Cities report published in July 2013. The main reason for the population increase was the rise in young men, under 24 years of age, moving to Canberra for work.

The report maintains that the population of Canberra grew by 9.6% between 2006 and 2011, compared with 4.4% growth between 2001 and 2006. Domestic migration and a high birth rate were the main factors for the increase of 418,292 residents.

Of the domestic migration to Canberra, 82% were men.

The attraction in Canberra for young men include the high proportion of people employed in public administration, a high percentage of men in full-time positions, a high percentage of people with a university degree, and an earning salary more than the average Australian.

Canberra had the highest proportion of people employed in public administration of all of the 18 major cities across the country. In the sector, 31.7% are men and 33.4% are women.

Of employed Canberra men, 82.6% were working full-time. Canberra had the second-highest proportion of women in full-time work of any capital city. In 2011 it was 63% of women in full-time positions in Canberra, compared with an average of 53% across the nation. Only Darwin had a higher percentage at 69.5%.

The report also indicated that Canberrans had the highest earning salary than the average Australian, with income rising by 25% from 2006 to 2011, and 53% higher than the national median weekly wage across the nation.

More Canberra residents had a university degree than the national average, with 36.1% of women and 34.6% of men with a bachelor’s degree. This was significantly higher than the national average of 22.7% of women with a bachelor’s degree and 19.4% of men.

In 2011, 7% of Canberrans walked or rode a bicycle to work, which is one of the highest rates across Australian major cities.

But the report also heralds some bad news for Canberrans. The report predicts that the number of deaths per year from extreme heat in Canberra will rise from 41 in 2011 to 79 in 2050, which is a rise of 92.7%.





Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/young-men-head-migration-to-affluent-territory-20130731-2qzsm.html#ixzz2afmdW5k1


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