More Aussies leaving cities for regions

Australians would leave capital cities in greater numbers if infrastructure was improved in regional cities and towns, a new report argues.

Source: AAP

More than 400,000 people moved from Australian capital cities to regional areas in the five years to 2016, a report shows.

This size of the migration shows the federal government doesn't need to coax new Australians to move to regional areas, the Regional Australia Institute says.

However, the movement of people could be increased by investment in more infrastructure in regional cities and towns, the RAI recommended in the report released on Thursday.