What Australia Expats need To know First before Arriving

Australia Expats need To know

Australia Expats need To know that in Australia Expats arriving on Australian shores hoping to sample an inclusive, family-friendly way of life haven’t been disappointed.

More than a third (34%) say their social life is better than at home and three-quarters (75%) feel they are integrating well with local people and culture, compared with a global expat average of just under two-thirds (64%).

These figures mean the land down under ranks second in the world for integration. It’s a similar story for expat children, with 43% of expat parents reporting that their children have found it easier to make new friends than at home, (compared with 31% globally) putting the country seventh for children socially.

Australia’s reputation for a healthy lifestyle is also reflected in the survey’s results. Coming in fourth place across the globe for health benefits, over half (52%) of those who have moved to the country report that their health is better as a result, against a global average of only a third (36%).

And, more than half (58%) say organising healthcare was easy here. The benefits extend to the whole family, with more than seven in ten expats surveyed (72%) saying the health and wellbeing of their children has improved since moving to Australia.

Meanwhile, almost eight in ten (79%) believe their family’s overall quality of life has taken a turn for the better since arriving.

For children then, a life in Australia clearly helps set them up for a healthy future. The country comes in third for overall quality of life and fourth globally for children’s health and wellbeing.

But the attraction for expats in Australia isn’t just the pursuit of a great lifestyle.

The proportion of new residents in the country who say their earnings potential is better than at home has increased by 12 percentage points to almost two-thirds (60%) since 2016. More than half (56%) of expats say Australia offers good career progression.

And around twothirds (62%) of expats are positive about the local economy compared with half (53%) of expats globally. Australian nationals abroad Australian expats are dynamic. Half (49%) moved abroad for a new challenge compared with a global average of around a third (38%).

They don’t stay away as long as some other nationalities. A third (34%) have been gone less than two years compared with only a quarter (26%) of expats in general and almost one in ten (8%) have been abroad for less than six months (compared with 6% globally).

This may be why almost half (44%) of Australians currently living abroad and earning a typical income of around USD136,000 have kept their wealth at home compared with only a third (33%) globally.

this Survey conducted by YouGov between March and April 2017 on behalf of HSBC Expat

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