Melbourne Is One Of The Fastest Growing Cities In The World

Few cities are growing this fast


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Melbourne if one of the fastest growing cities in the world – racing ahead of the rest of Australia.

New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday show Melbourne grew by more than 2.5 per cent annually between 2011 and 2017 compared to 1.8 per cent for Sydney.

The city grew 2.7 per cent in the past year.

This puts Melbourne’s growth on par with Bogata in Colombia, Pune in Insia and Nayang in China.

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21 September 2018




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