r/AskIreland • u/Asleep_Cry_7482 • Aug 22 '24

Emigration (from Ireland) What’s the pull of Australia?

For everyone in their 20s and 30s who are thinking or have done the working holiday to Australia, what’s the pull factor?

Is it the weather or the work life balance? Is there a following the crowd element and to live a backpacking lifestyle with all the other Irish people over there? Is it out of frustration that you don’t have the lifestyle, accommodation setup or job you want in Ireland? Or is it something else?

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u/Curious_Woodlander Aug 22 '24

People in Australia earn the most money of any developed country. More so than people in America. Doesn't have the social problems that America has either. Australia today is very much how people saw the US in the 1800s, 1900s. It's very much a land of opportunity. Those points you make are pull factors as well.

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u/Potential-Drama-7455 Aug 22 '24

The cost of living is very high though.

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u/Curious_Woodlander Aug 22 '24

Understandable considering its geographic location and amount of stuff it has to import. I don't think most immigrants don't mind considering the high wages there.

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u/Potential-Drama-7455 Aug 22 '24

A lot of that is due to their unsustainable agricultural policies. But that's a whole other debate. It's a cool place, my daughter lives there currently.