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Aussies now work remotely

11 March 2016 by News Desk

Rapidly changing employment trends are affecting where people live in Australia as today half of all Aussies now work remotely.

Aussies now work remotelyYoung people now seek an inner city lifestyle while older households are moving to outer suburbs, which reflects new figures that show increasing numbers of Aussies now work remotely from home.

50% of Australians are already considered ‘digital workers’ who use the internet to work away from the office part-time, full-time or outside normal hours according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

“The Australian workplace is changing – not only the kinds of jobs people do but where they work,” says Darrell Todd, Founder of thinkingaustralia.

“Increasing numbers of Aussies now work remotely from home and this is having an impact on the housing market.”

A typical digital worker is aged 35 to 44, has a university qualification, lives in a major capital city and works for a medium-sized business. Around 30% of these workers telecommute three or more days per week. Soon over 50% will work from home Down Under on a permanent basis.

According to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, almost nine percent of the workforce operates as a sole-person business and one in 12 employees spend more time working from home than any other location.

In Sydney The Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and the North Coast are popular destinations for older workers who seek to work from home part-time so they can enjoy a better lifestyle and have an easy commute into the city.

Now, with property prices at a peak, more young workers and families are heading for the suburbs outside major cities where high speed broadband allows them to work remotely.

Roll-out of the new National Broadband Network will speed the adoption of remote working and see greater numbers moving out of capital cities. By 2020 the population outside capital cities is forecast to increase from eight million today to 10 million, according to a report called Towards a Super Connected Australia.

Want to work from home Down Under? Learn more about Skilled Migration to Australia.

If you’d like to find out more about Australia in general then visit our About Australia and Travel sections.



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