Once again, Victoria has overtaken New South Wales (NSW) as the state with the strongest overall economic performance rankings in Australia.
Margin lender CommSec’s latest quarterly (Oct 2018) State of the States report has revealed that Victoria has come out top in several key indicators, namely economic growth, employment, construction activity and population growth. This is the first time that Melbourne has beaten Sydney as the best place to find a job in Australia, with trend unemployment rate at its lowest in a decade.
The unemployment rate in Victoria stands at 4.7%, approximately 17.4% lower than the decade average. Victoria’s employment rate, however, is well above (13%) the decade average, making it the best state to secure a job across Australia.
Apart from the employment rate, Victoria was also ranked first in construction activity. This is the second time that Melbourne has beaten Sydney to the top spot in this sector.
Victoria retained top spot with construction work done almost 39% above its decade average.
NSW construction was next strongest at 31.4% followed by South Australia, up 25.3%. Construction work done in these states were at record highs in the June quarter.
Victoria also topped the ranking for the second consecutive time as the state with the highest economic growth. Last quarter, it knocked NSW off its perch for the first time in a decade.
Economic activity in Victoria in the June quarter was 26.7% above the decade average level, ahead of NSW at 25.7%.
When looking across growth rates for the states and territories, it is clear that Victoria had exceeded the national average in all of the eight indicators measured, albeit by a narrow margin.
Last quarter, Victoria remained just ahead of NSW with strong economic strength, population growth, construction and investment activity.
Investment Prospect
The strong quarterly performance augurs well for Victoria.
Investors can look forward to leveraging upon these promising aspects of Melbourne, using it as a guide to future investments that could result in good rental yield and capital appreciation.
By Lydia Devadas Edited by Vivienne Pal
Source:
- https://www.commsec.com.au/content/dam/EN/Campaigns_Native/stateofstates/October2018/CommSec_State_of_the_States_October2018.pdf
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6326919/Why-Victoria-No-1-ahead-New-South-Wales-CommSecs-State-States-report.html
- https://finance.nine.com.au/2018/10/29/09/39/commsec-state-of-the-states-victoria-beats-nsw-on-economy
- https://www.commsec.com.au/content/dam/EN/Campaigns_Native/stateofstates/October2018/VIC_State_of_the_States_October2018.pdf
- Image Credit: CommSec State of the States (Oct 2019) report
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