Hi there,
Like the title says, wondering as to when you moved out (or are planning to move out) for the first time, want to compare my plans with others.
It would be great if you could vote in the poll! If you have not moved out yet, kindly only vote if your plans are concrete (ie 90% chance), otherwise results could be skewed.
Thanks!
Outdated a bunch, especially because of rising house/rent prices, but still a nice resource. Thanks!
You're asking people like me to answer when we moved out too. That was 2 decades ago in my case, much more outdated than the ABS stats.
In the ABS graph you can see the slight change between 1986 and 2006. Let me give you a complete assurance that any rent rise in the last 5 years is piddling compared to the change between '86 and 2006.
Rent between 1995 and 2011 rose 57% after inflation for example.
But incomes grow too, and the proportion of income paid has rent has stayed pretty steady at about 30% - see the graph about 3/4 of the way down the page here:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Latestproducts/4130.…
lol cause a poll on a bargain forum is going to be more accurate than the ABS……
By the time I move out my parents will want to move in with me anyway so I'll save everyone the trouble and just stick around.
/asian
Lolz. I have a friend who's 29, stayed with parent(s) pretty much her entire 20+ years in Australia, moved out when she got married and then moved right back in with her husband in tow 3 years later.
Perfectly understandable from an Ozbargainer's point of view, you don't have to spend as much on childcare since the grandparents can take care of the baby and you don't have to pay $$$ for overpriced Australian property.
It's not easy to move out nowadays, when you take into account massive overcrowding in CBD's, wealthy foreigners pricing domestic home buyers out of the market and also increase demand for rental properties (median rent in Sydney is $500)
This is my current situation. Parents sold up and travelled around. When in oz they stay with me. Usually six months at a time. I'm cool with it, especially now I have a daughter. It really helps. The other 6 months they travel to Europe to do the same with my brother. We have space at our houses so we don't mind. They are also super helpful.
I moved out at 19 for uni and was in and out for the next four years. Parents helped with rent, I worked for everything else. After that I was overseas for 8 years. Worked at my career. Then back at mum and dads for year when I was 30 as was resettling back in oz.
Never any pressure on me to leave or stay but a lot of support to enable me to be independent. You can do heaps more in life with a good family. It is so hard to do it on your own.
/anglo
Intend to move out once I finish my uni which I'll be 23. Gotta get a full time job or so before I'd move out though, just in case.
If you are of the Eastern Culture, never mention to your parents that you want to move out . You are locked in a contract for life with your wife, and children, grandchildren etc. Welcome to my extended family household.
This doesnt happen in Ausralia much but is very common overseas.
And also in eastern culture, if you are a daughter, it's not customary to move out until you get married. These days it's different, and many don't go by that rule, I know some parents who got really upset because it's hard to let go when you have that protective instinct. I think it depends on the person's relationship with their parents. If you don't get along with one or both of them, you are in greater hurry to get out as soon as you can.
Moved out easter this year just after I turned 23. I'd already finished uni and been working for 14 months but I wasn't earning enough in my old job to be able to move out.
Moved out when I was 17, moved back in when I was 20, moved out (for good) this year at 28.
move back in at 31?
Moved out when I had just turned 21. Moved back when my engagement ended at 24 for about 4 weeks. Moved out again. Moved back home when 25. Moved kind of into a property I was renovating for 6 months at 25. Moved home again. Moved out again for good (I hope, I bet my parents do too!) at 27.
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/4102.0Main+Fe…