Australia’s CBDs finally come back to life

Thursday 22 April 2021

Roy Morgan has released new data on people movements, which shows that activity is finally returning to Australia’s CBDs:

People movements have rebounded across Australian CBDs.

In the week to April 11, people movements had returned to 94% of pre-COVID movements in Adelaide, 79% of pre-COVID levels in Brisbane, 75% in Hobart, 67% in Brisbane, 56% in Sydney and 52% in 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.