Thread: Expats happier in Australia, New Zealand and Canada

I commenced in 2005 and the novelty never wears off.

Originally Posted by Ktee

Could that be someone from PIO by any chance ;)

Excuse my ignorance guys but I keep seeing 'PIO' popping up intermittently - what is it?? Am assuming it's some other forum?Btw my emoticons have stopped working :-(

Originally Posted by yummybrummy

Excuse my ignorance guys but I keep seeing 'PIO' popping up intermittently - what is it?? Am assuming it's some other forum?Btw my emoticons have stopped working :-(

http://www.pomsinoz.com/ you should try it pretty good forum Brummy

Cheers Swag but will it be of any benefit to me being in UAE?

Originally Posted by yummybrummy

Cheers Swag but will it be of any benefit to me being in UAE?

Well you could join in on many threads and give advice on Dubai what to see on stop overs, I would imagine your help would be invaluable mate. Heated debates go on in there but you could iggie those girl.

Originally Posted by Thehatandswag

Well you could join in on many threads and give advice on Dubai what to see on stop overs, I would imagine your help would be invaluable mate. Heated debates go on in there but you could iggie those girl.

In that case Swag, how can I resist. Probably see ya in there

Catch you later Brummy time for a beer good on ya for joining up Swag

Nay worries, you're welcome. Enjoy the brew Swag and if there's some white wine going spare....................

Originally Posted by Ktee

Australia has replaced New Zealand, its southern hemisphere neighbour, as the favourite destination of expatriates, a new survey shows.

New Zealand drops to third place, while Canada, another British commonwealth country, remains in the second spot.

France, the US, Portugal, Spain, South Africa and Singapore follow in order

Some 78% of those surveyed in Australia for NatWest International Personal Banking’s third annual Quality of Life Index cited the better environment and quality of life for their children as their reasons for being there, NatWest IPB said.

Expats in Australia are also more than twice as likely to own a property, the study revealed: 69% of those surveyed in Australia said they did, compared with a global average of only 31%.

More than four out of five expatriates living in Oz (83%) said the weather was one of the main reasons they were there, while nine out of 10 said the Australian lifestyle kept them Down Under.

‘Financial confidence’

In an analysis of the survey’s findings, NatWest IPB noted that the factor which “lifted Australia to the top of the rankings this year was ‘financial confidence’”– a reflection of the fact that the Australian economy has fared relatively better than those of many other popular expatriate destinations. The United Arab Emirates, for example, fell four places this year, to tenth, from sixth place last year.

British expats represent 15.3% of the overseas born expatriates in Australia, with the total number estimated at 1.4 million, according to Australian government statistics. Some 30,590 Britons emigrated to Australia in 2008/2009, the figures show, representing 17.9% of total migration into the country. Australia’s total population is around 21.64 million, a little more than a third of Britain’s 62 million.

The survey was conducted for NatWest IPB by the Centre for Future Studies think tank between October and December of last year. A separate survey looked at the attitudes among British expat retirees. The bank did not say how many people in total were interviewed.
Lifestyle indicators assessed

The study rated expats’ lives based on their assessments of various ‘lifestyle indicators’ such as the availability and quality of consumer goods, entertainment, food, law enforcement, public transport, housing and other elements of their daily lives.
Other findings:

• More than two thirds of expats living in Australia said their health had improved while living there

• The cost of living in Australia is a third lower than it is in the UK

• Perth is one of the most popular areas of Australia for expatriates, with around 12.5% of its population of around 1.5 million comprised of British expatriates

• Brisbane, however, has recently overtaken Perth as the most popular migration destination in Australia and has the fastest-growing population of all Australian cities.

Seems like there's a new report published every week. Well this weeks report is by property website 'Rightmove Overseas'. They are reporting that the number of searches for overseas property increased by 55% in Jan, when compared to the previous month.
Searches for property in Canada were up 80%, property searches for New Zealand were up 91%, but the biggest rise was for property in Australia - up a mammoth 114%. Other realestate sites reported similar patterns.

The most popular areas in the country according to the report were South Australia, which saw a 183 per cent rise in searches month on month, and Victoria, where searches increased by 138 per cent.


Locations which decreased in popularity in January were mainly European destinations such as Limassol in Cyprus, Portugal's Silver Coast and the Alpes-Maritimes in France.