Irish Moving to Australia Findings - Flipbook - Page 5
What could the Irish government do di昀昀erently to
make you stay in Ireland/return home?
Look after young people
Create more job
opportunities
7%
Work-life balance
9%
Reduce tax
9%
6%
4%
Fix the housing shortage
47%
AGE 25-36, IN AUSTRALIA ON WORKING HOLIDAY VISA
33%
Increase salaries
5%4%
Improve infrastructure
& services 4%
All my life I’ve wanted to build my own house beside my parents’
house on land gifted to me by my father. I have been unsuccessful
three times in applying for planning permission due to ridiculous
rules! I come from a small village where all adults my age have
moved away as they either can’t a昀昀ord to rent or are not being
granted planning permission. There is no one my age left in my
village.
TEACHER
“
Improve healthcare 4%
Ensure better working conditions
“
Financial pressures remain the
biggest reason for Irish migration
25%
Reduce cost of living
Housing shortages, cost of living and wages are the government’s
biggest challenge
From rental prices to buying a home, getting a mortgage and building on family
land, housing is the biggest issue that people moving to Australia feel the Irish
government needs to solve. In addition to the 47% who listed the housing crisis as a
government responsibility, other common themes were to reduce red tape to make
rural self-build homes easier and make mortgages more accessible.
Housing shortages, high tax rates
and excessively high costs of living
combined with the appeal of higher
salaries in Australia, 昀椀nancial pressures
are the driving force of Irish migration
to Australia. The Irish Construction and
Healthcare industries are the most
a昀昀ected by the current exodus.
Many of the categories, such as reduced tax rates, reducing rental costs and
increasing wages speak to the pressure people are under to meet the high cost
of living. They contribute signi昀椀cantly to people’s desire to move to Australia as
evidenced by answers in other parts of the survey, however, they are also cited as
issues that the government needs to resolve.
“
Create a better pay scale, raise minimum wage. More help is needed
in the housing sector for people on the lower pay bracket to get
mortgages.
ACCOUNTING & FINANCE PROFESSIONAL
AGE 18-25, PLANNING TO STAY 2 YEARS IN AUSTRALIA
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“
Better wages. In Australia you can claim nearly all your tax back.
Here in Ireland you get hardly anything back. Taxes are high in
Australia but the wages re昀氀ect that. There’s lots the government
could do to keep people here.
HAIR & BEAUTY PROFESSIONAL
“
“
AGE 26-35, PLANNING TO STAY 4+ YEARS IN AUSTRALIA
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