Fed up families flee migrant stuffed Sydney

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Back in February, the NSW Productivity Commission lamented that excessive housing costs were driving younger residents out of Sydney, resulting in a “brain drain” of 30 to 40 year olds.

Sydney net migration

The NSW Productivity Commission found Sydney lost about 35,000 people aged 30-40 between 2016 and 2021.

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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.