Kirwan Group

Jess Bentley

Bye-bye big city…The trends driving people into the suburbs and beyond

Many attribute the growing number of Australians leaving our capital cities and inner suburbs for outer suburbs and regional Australia to the COVID19 pandemic. However, the reality is that this is a long-evolving trend.

Whilst there is no doubting the role that COVID19 and the resulting lockdowns in our cities and the rise of our new remote working reality have perhaps accelerated these trends, the pattern was established long before the word ‘coronavirus’ entered the public conscience.