Why Australia needs a young, qualified workforce

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Migration to Australia has been high over the past few years, thanks to the famous Australian mining boom. Australia is a country of migrants, a land where the original owners have thrived for thousands of years.

Modern Australia, however, is made up of migrants from all over the world, where more than 28% of the current population (or close to 7 million people) are known to have been born abroad (Scutt, 2017).

Currently, there are many debates happening around the topic of migration to Australia. Some postulate that the growth of population is too high to manage in the long run, calling for a limit to Australian migration to be brought down from 200,000 to 70,000 a year.

But that's into the future. As of now, Australia needs a young workforce that could contribute to the society in the face of an ageing population - the population in Australia has been increasingly ageing over the past 20 years, as can be seen in the graph below:

Source: ABS

What this means is the demand for young, qualified workforce, that could get the resource-rich Australian economy revving up for growth into the future. That's good news for those who are looking at Australian migration, or those who are looking to establish their careers by setting foot in Australia and gaining qualifications from the globally recognised Australian education institutions and universities.


References:

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2016, Dec 15). Retrieved Nov 14, 2017, from Australian Bureau of Statistics: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/3101.0Feature%20Article1Jun%202016

Scutt, D. (2017, Oct 11). IMMIGRATION BOOM: A record 28% of Australians were born overseas. Retrieved Nov 14, 2017, from https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-immigration-record-high-2017-10