87% of migrants settled in Sydney and Melbourne in 2017-18

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By Leith van Onselen

With Sydney and Melbourne already bursting at the seams, Australia’s immigration program has become even more concentrated into these two cities, according to new unpublished data from the Department of Home ­Affairs. From The Australian:

…the new Department of Home ­Affairs figures show that of the 112,000 skilled migrants who ­arrived in the past financial year, 87 per cent had permanently ­settled in Sydney or Melbourne.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.