The movement of significant numbers of people from metropolitan areas and regional cities to coastal areas has become commonly known as the ‘sea change phenomenon’ and has attracted considerable attention at local and national level (Gurran et al. 2005). In Australia’s coastal regions, the largest increase in population between 2000 and 2005 occurred in the Gold Coast–Tweed region, up by an average 14,500 people per year (or 3.3% per year). Mandurah, to the south of Perth, recorded the fastest growth over the same period, with an average growth rate of 5.1% per year. This growth was also faster than any capital city. Hervey Bay experienced the second fastest growth (up 4.3% per year) followed by the Sunshine Coast (3.5% per year) (ABS 2006f). In fact, the rate of growth in many coastal local government areas is equivalent to or higher than that of metropolitan areas.

Although retirees have contributed to the sea change phenomenon, contrary to popular belief they have not been the major drivers of coastal population growth (Gurran et al. 2005). For example, during the year before the 2001 census, 79% of people who moved to ‘sea change’ areas were less than 50 years old (ABS 2004h). In fact, new residents of high-growth coastal regions have actually had a younger age profile than Australia as a whole and significantly younger than the existing profile of communities affected by the sea change phenomenon. Nevertheless, the spending patterns of retirees moving to the coast, combined with tourism spending, determine many of the jobs and business opportunities that attract workforce age migration

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