Melbourne on course to become Australia's largest city: ABS

The Bureau of Statistics predicts Melbourne will become Australia's largest city by 2056.

Melbourne on course to become Australia's largest city, says ABSMelbourne on course to become Australia's largest city, says ABS

Melbourne on course to become Australia's largest city, says ABS

Melbourne will become Australia's largest city by 2056.

That's the latest prediction from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which says a 40 year high in interstate migration will see Melbourne's population exceed Sydney's in just over four decades.

Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, Carolyn Whitzman, told Biwa Kwan the trend is hardly surprising.

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