Victoria most popular place to live
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19 March 2008
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Victoria has welcomed 48,000 people to the state in the year to September 2007 in its highest ever net overseas migration figures, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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Latest data shows Victoria has kept pace with the national average population growth rate of 1.5 per cent and has outpaced New South Wales.
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Victoria had the largest population increase over the last quarter of any Australian state, with the arrival of an extra 21,200 people - 13,362 of those hailing from abroad.
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Over the year to the September quarter, Victoria’s share of national net overseas migration was 26.9 per cent, which is above Victoria’s population share at 24.8 per cent.
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