{"id":7050,"date":"2020-06-24T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2020-06-24T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T04:00:07","slug":"more-millennials-skipping-the-big-city-to-make-the-move-to-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/24\/more-millennials-skipping-the-big-city-to-make-the-move-to-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"More millennials skipping the big city to make the move to Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle has proven a drawcard for millennials bypassing the big cities in favour of a regional relocation.
\nThe city was among the top three locations in Australia favoured by regionally-based millennials \u2014 people aged between 20 and 35 years old \u2014 who opted to move to another region rather than shift to a major metropolitan area, according to a new report issued today.
\nCompiled by Regional Australia Institute (RAI),\u00a0\u201cBig Movers: Population Mobility in Australia\u201d<\/a>\u00a0tracked population movements that occurred in between the last two Census counts in 2011 and 2016.
\nAccording to an\u00a0ABC article<\/a>\u00a0on the report, 207,510 millennials moved between regional communities during the four-year period, with Newcastle, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast the most popular destinations.
\nOther Hunter locations, including Maitland and Lake Macquarie, also benefitted from the millennials\u2019 preference to maintain their regional roots.
\nLord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes spoke with ABC News presenter Joe O\u2019Brien today to explain what we\u2019re doing to make Newcastle a smart, progressive and liveable city.
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