Lockdown plunges Melbourne CBD movements below 20%

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Roy Morgan Research has released new data on CBD people movements, which reveals that all CBDs across the Australia are experiencing significantly lower traffic levels than pre-COVID:

CBD people movements

People movements down across all Australian CBDs.

Not surprisingly, Melbourne’s CBD has been hit hardest following four lockdowns, with the current lockdown pushing people movements to only 19% of ‘normal’ pre-COVID levels.

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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.