Birth rates are plunging across inner and middle suburbs as cost-of-living pressures drive families to the city’s fringe.
Brisbane is in the midst of a “baby recession”, with birth rates plunging across inner and middle suburbs as cost-of-living pressures force growing numbers of people to move further out to raise a family.
That equates to a fertility rate – the average number of children a woman would have in her child-bearing years based on current trends – of 1.61 across Brisbane, compared with 1.44 for Melbourne and 1.57 in Sydney.Dan Peled All 10 of the suburbs in Brisbane with the highest fertility rates were on the city’s fringe, with the top three in Logan Central , Yarrabilba , and Chambers Flat-Logan Reserve .
Nationally, Australia’s fertility rate has been declining for years, from an average of more than two children per woman in 2008 to about 1.6 in 2023, with the ageing population more dependent than ever on strong overseas migration.
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