Data That Shows Australia Punching Above It's Weight

[@blast3613]

On the bright side, It's Bathurst this weekend.🏁🏁🏁🍺🍻🍻🍺

[@IWrocker]

Hell yes 🎉

[@jasonperret4392]

House prices actually way higher then that in Australia . Lucky to buy land for under $1mil in most populated areas . Absolutely insane

[@RushiAnton]

The birthday map/grid proved not how common your birthday is but how much sex was going on during our Aussie summer!

[@joandsarah77]

September birthday for both myself and my son, quite hot pink. Hubby is also October and just made pale pink and daughter is late November is quite pale bluish colour. Nobody wants to be pregnant over summer. 😂

[@erwinzyx]

The most common birthdays are in September, which means there are a lot of parents who get 'busy' around Christmas. 🤔

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Australian house prices are no joke! Nor is the skin cancer rate. We are a country of people addicted to sun baking on lovely beaches. Thank you for the video!

[@JessieDoidge]

My parent bought their house in a small country town in South Oz for 40k in the late 90's sold it in late 2000s for 400k and is currently on the market for 1.2m. House and town didn't really change much to this day. Most "home owners" here don't actually own their house, the bank does.

[@runnynose8341]

mine are better, 10 acres in 1974, 11K now 4.7 million, my mother hasn't worked since she was 21, was against the law in queensland to work if pregnant. been getting a pension for 60 years

[@inodesnet]

The statement that "home owners" don't actually own their house doesn't really mean much in current times. Currently 35% have a mortgage, 31% are owned outright and the remainder are rented out as investment properties. Given the market and the policies that surround home ownership, home owners where the mortgage is still active, the bank continues to have significantly less equity in the property than the mortgagee. An example is that if someone purchased a Sydney house a mere 6 years ago, with a 20% deposit, the bank held the majority share in the property. But with property growth, if the mortgagee paid just normal repayments during that time, house prices have increase so much that equity on the property has increased so much, than the bank on average would own less than 50% of the property. And the home owner holds all the cards when it comes to selling; not the bank. Selling this property allows the home owner to take out all the newly gained equity with the bank having absolutely no claim to it. In most cases of recent times, the equity earned is significantly more than the interest paid. Unless the person selling is re-entering the market (which they often are), it's a tax free way to wealth that is the reason that Australians are considered by the large Swiss Bank, Credit Suisse, to have the highest median wealth (which is really the measure of the middle class), than any other country. -- In the case of your parents, they used this system to their advantage. By the time they sold their house they would have earned a lot of tax free equity in the house that was paid for by the next. Really a ponzy scheme with something to show for it. And it's a scheme only supported by the fact we're lacking a lot of housing.

[@runnynose8341]

@@inodesnet You don't own the asset until you pay it off, all the other BS we all know, wow, what an insight. pay back 1.5 million on a 300k house over 40 years. lol, Ponzi scheme alright, just not the way you think.

[@zalired8925]

My parents bought a house in Thirroul tops northern Illawarra in 1978 for 39k when Thirroul was considered too far from Wollongong city at the time and cheap housing. Thirroul is now the most expensive trendy suburb outside of Sydney with our old house demolished and replaced by a huge monstrosity last on the market for $3.8m. Dad thought he kicked ass when he sold it for $125k in the 90's.

[@SpaghettioH]

I live in a small town of 2k pop in NSW, even here house prices are 500k USD and up. It's absolutely terrifying thinking about owning a house some day, guess I'm going to buy a cheap shed in the middle of the desert.

[@christophermurphy5454]

I live in Brisbane 10 kilometres from the city centre. When Brisbane won the Olympics my house price went through the roof .An hour and half west I could buy 3 houses for mine . But still I've travelled overseas and this is the only place to live 🌞

[@DamienAlba]

I love how over the course of your videos you’ve started to say “Australia” less like an American and more and more like we do 😂

[@chrisk283]

My thoughts too. Might have to make him an honorary Aussie.

[@Batfink11]

America is only one of two countries in the world that can’t escape their passports meaning if they move to another country to live they have to pay taxes to both countries which makes it not viable to move, hence the low numbers of Americans living abroad.Yet they still proclaim to be the freest people on earth.A friend of my fathers wanted to stay and live in Australia but couldn’t make it work due to the double taxes.

[@IWrocker]

Yea that’s a big negative about the US, they make it hard (and expensive) to move away.. you can get out of the tax only by fully renouncing your US citizenship (which of course they charge you thousands to do that as well) haha unless I become a millionaire I feel like I’m stuck here

[@Batfink11]

@@IWrocker Yes that’s a shame,it’s nice to be able to live in another country for a few years with the full knowledge you can go back home and resume your normal life if that’s what’s desired, it’s a nice freedom to have.I really like Americans you seem to have a high sense of adventure and a can do attitude,this law stymies that a bit,just my personal opinion. PS. Love your channel , thanks for replying. Adam.

[@lindyroberts4174]

My daughter and family wanted to move to Townsville, but for one house there were 2000 people who applied for this house. So they gave up on that plan.

[@currawongee1]

Well that was a narrow escape.

[@dalesmith4985]

Bundaberg is bad for housing crises also, many can't find a place to live and have to stay in campers and tents.

[@lindyroberts4174]

@dalesmith4985 is terrible to be a family or single parent. I'm nomadic with a rooftop tent. Fortunately, my children are adults now. It's horrendous for many!

[@paulfri1569]

Holy cow

[@robertleeimages]

Good indication of house prices here from my point of view. My parents purchased the house i grew up in(a weatherboard 1920s build) in 1974 for $13,000aud and they sold it it 1990 for $63,000aud, it was then sold in 1992 for $70,000aud and then again in 1995 for $50,000aud taking a $20,000 loss and then again in 1998 for $85,000aud and then someone actually kept it until 2009 before selling for $300,000aud. It's now as of today got a price guide of $850,000 - $899,000aud in a town that while growing up had a population of only 4,900(now around 10,000).

[@daveg2104]

The Nullarbor was once a shallow sea bed that, over 10s of millions of years, accumulated a deep layer of limestone formed from the calcareous skeletons of ancient sea creatures. This seabed was uplifted by crustal movements to become world's largest single exposure of limestone bedrock. The theory is that it was always pretty flat, being seabed, and as that region has remained geologically stable since that time, it has remained that way. There are cave systems in the limestone though.

[@Jessie20032]

What a place to see the Nullarbor plain , amazing of nothing much haha

[@daveg2104]

@@Jessie20032 Sometimes you just can't have enough of nothing.

[@Jessie20032]

@@daveg2104 true I did enjoy crossing it that’s for sure!

[@brettleonard8602]

Proof that global climate is forever changing.. funny how no one ever points this out, oh wait that would destroy the narrative.

[@daveg2104]

@@brettleonard8602 What are you prattling on about. The last time we had a massive change in climate (hint - the last ice age), what was the human population of the Earth? We are increasing the amount of energy stored in the atmosphere. While the overall effect is warming, this will have unpredictable results. It could even trigger an ice age (in the shorter term) if the currents carrying heat away from the equator fail or reverse.

[@petethundabox5067]

Fyi- The egg price was high then because you had an avian flu and culled millions of hens. In Aug 2023 it was back to $2.09

[@duncanmoss8786]

You were fascinated by the B'day graph and the dates of birth. You were trying to make sense of the data and found it interesting that some of the major dates like XMAS day etc, didn't seem to have such a big amount. What you should have done were view dates 9 months forward from these dates and other big events and festivals (e.g. Woodstock, Superbowl) to get a true picture of when why certain birthdates are more common than others . . . and as per "Snickers Commercials" here in Australia the saying . . . Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink, Say No More! . . . really comes to mind.

[@IWrocker]

Yea I thought about that after haha

[@wallycover7552]

September and August are the results of dads Christmas present, that's for most common birth days

[@julesmarwell8023]

hI Ian. just got to know that EVERY CHINESE construction company just pulled out of Oz

[@julzhunt7790]

And they’ve pulled all their Pandas out of The US, UK and Australia. They’re taking their bat and ball and going home.🙄🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jim_lahey88]

G'day mate, keep rollin on!!

[@optimusmaximus9646]

It is estimated that around 670,000 New Zealand citizens live in Australia (close to 15 per cent of New Zealand's population), while there are around 70,000 Australians in New Zealand.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Many are also incarcerated, many move here to play rugby, others have fly in fly out jobs in mining!

[@optimusmaximus9646]

New Zealand is a fantastic destination for a holiday - especially for Aussies as it is so close. And as it is not too big you can hire a campervan and drive round the country in three weeks depending on your itinerary and get to see all the popular sites. It is truly spectacular. I am not sure if I personally would want to live there, however, but only because I love hot summers (to balance the cold winters) and it just doesn't get warm enough for my liking.

[@charlesemerson6763]

Everytime we get a fuel hike everything goes up in price due to transport costs, On the housing market think I just paid $300K for a house out here in rural Queensland. Basically its no bigger than a double car garage but it's on an acre block so room for expansion.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Yes, forget the trending cities that have all the overseas visitors fighting for space, there are still lots of rural properties available and renovator specials! At least all Australian towns are safe and friendly and not abandoned like US towns because the population cannot work or pay taxes! India is buying all Melbourne houses and China is buying all Sydney houses, we cannot complete with them until the government remembers we pay their wages, and vote! 😡

[@RoyHolder]

In the Australian summer we're actually a bit closer to the sun because Earth's orbit is slightly elliptical. 👍

[@michaelsillis1841]

Houses in my city Queanbeyan NSW, next to Canberra ACT are through the roof. A 3 bedroom house can be 1million Enjoying you so much.

[@mythals]

Despite my partner and I both working full time, we're unable to get out of the rent trap and any savings have been vastly outpaced by the explosion in house costs. As an example, the place we're renting now was purchased for 317,000 6 years ago and is now worth 750,000. Also because of the recent interest rate rises and bank reforms, borrowing power is significantly reduced. It's becoming an unachievable dream unless you can find work in the country towns (talking 2-4 hours out of the city) where there are still achievable properties for 200-300K

[@dws84]

Australia for better or for worse (usually for better) punches above its weight in most things. The Olympics is one of the best examples.

[@Southern_Pacific]

Hey Ian, two weeks ago local news in Brisbane had a story of house for sale 7 kilometres from the CBD traditional “Queenslander” run down and has been vacant for some years with the roof collapsed in and holes in the floor boards for a cool 1.3 million.. 😅

[@kayashotheprotogen4417]

i think the highest UV i've ever experienced was between 17-19, the moment you stepped outside in the sun you actually felt like you were being burnt

[@fukkar4545]

When are you talking about? 😂 You must be a younger generation that spent their childhood inside on computer games and never spent anytime outside till forced to as an adult 🤔

[@kayashotheprotogen4417]

@@fukkar4545 nah it was literally like that as it was stated in a weather warning so yeah, however it could've been overstated and been in like the 15-16 range. and i didn't even really have a console or anything computer games based till i was 10-11 due to growing up in a single parent household with my mother being on a welfare thing due to her having to raise me and my brother.

[@kayashotheprotogen4417]

also happened late december 2019 in the northeast region of the perth metropolitan area

[@sweeps4037]

@@fukkar4545 They're talking about UV index not degrees celsius mate, and average UV has been steadily increasing since the 80s so young folk have seen the worst of it too anyway. Pretty arrogant comment.

[@UncleJoeLITE]

So you've spent Christmas Day in Canberra...nice to hear! 🤣

[@UncleJoeLITE]

Good afternoon from Canberra everybody! "Nullarbor" is Latin for "no tree". Yes, we name things pretty literally here. _Don't pay $1m to live in Canberra!_

[@jenniferharrison8915]

My niece and her husband sold a tiny unit in Sydney and bought a 4br house with huge garden in Canberra for the same price! Also, ACT has no Land Tax! 👍

[@julesmarwell8023]

JUST filled up the gas tank. $10-.62 per gallon.

[@TheSirTomo]

This is also from 1 year ago, house prices are higher now :( it's a real struggle. In Kalgoorlie, a 3x1 house that is 50 years old is going for $600 a week to rent... Now imagine a single mum or dad with kids trying to pay rent and save for a house.

[@IWrocker]

I know it’s unbelievable

[@pcppbadminton]

Mining town problems. If you're not on FIFO dollars then good luck to you.

[@TheSirTomo]

@@pcppbadminton I was born in kalgoorlie and it's only in the last 3 years that it's turning into a FiFo town which sucks.

[@Mediawatcher2023]

The Nullabour plain occupies 100,000 square miles (260,000 square km) of generally flat surface in bedrock; the elevation averages 600 feet (180 m), but in places it rises to 1,000 feet (300 m).

[@barts1286]

Do you mean the Nullarbor Plain?

[@Mediawatcher2023]

@@barts1286 I think it's spelt with a u

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

Those white patches in SA are salt lakes, very rarely is there water in them. The common birthday list is interesting if you go back 9 months, and you can get an idea of when your parents did the horizontal mamba. Considereing the most birthdays are in September, you can guess when most were conceived

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

Avery merry Christmas lol.

[@greenhouse3505]

@@kennethdodemaide8678 And... A HAPPY (ending) new year. lol

[@inodesnet]

The interesting side note to the foreign born in Australia statistic relates to US ex-pats. Generally speaking the US (like Australia) is an immigrant country, as opposed to an emigrant country. It's large population compared to anywhere else, makes this statistic possible. In the case of every given country (excluding notable tax havens), the US has more citizens from that given country living in the US, than US citizens living in that given country. So for example, there are more British living in the US than Americans living in Britain. There are more Japanese living in the US than Americans living in Japan. There are more French living in the US, then Americans living in France. There is only one exception. There are more Americans living in Australia than Australians living the the US. This is despite the fact that Australia is also the only country to have access to the special working visa, the E-3. A lot of countries have tried to gain access, but it is completely restricted to Australians and is significantly easier with less restrictions than the TN visa offered to Mexicans and Canadians (i.e. spouse of Australian E-3 holder can work in the US regardless of nationality, TN spouse cannot work). This makes Australians the easiest foreigners to hire for US companies without the need for complexities of sponsorship.

[@IWrocker]

Interesting stuff thanks 🎉

[@sharaharper2253]

“Home buyers from China are stepping up their push for a slice of the Australian housing dream, racking up $3.4 billion worth of approved residential real estate purchases over the 2022-23 year, up more than 40 per cent on the previous year. The Foreign Investment Review Board’s June quarter report, released on Friday afternoon, shows the Chinese appetite for residential real estate is accelerating, with 826 approvals granted in the June quarter alone, worth $1.1 billion. The overall Chinese interest is even larger yet, given that a further $600 million worth of approvals were granted for those buyers from Hong Kong, which is counted separately and came a distant second in the overall tally of foreign buyers. Home buyers from Vietnam ($400 million), Taiwan ($300 million) and India ($200 million) were also among the top ten for 2022-23. More broadly, the US remains the biggest single source of commercial investment in Australia with $34.5 billion approved proposals in the last financial year. But the FIRB report also shows just how quickly Japan is expanding its ambitions, winning $11.7 billion in approvals in the June quarter alone.” One can only shake their head as to why the government allows this when we have a housing crises.

[@sharaharper2253]

Source: Australian Financial Review

[@Gordon_L]

Also immigration fell dramatically during Covid as well as foreign university students , now the flood gates are being opened for both those categories during an available housing shortage .

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Yes, it's totally irresponsible neglect!!Chained convicts built Australia from nothing, and we have made ourselves uniquely placed to assist refugees from all over the world create new lives and family futures here, "wealth for toil" is definitely a dying concept with this govt! Give me the Visa money, give me a trade deal and I'll let you buy Australia!🤑

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@Gordon_L Rubbish! This is our governmental greed, they all own investment property, and want to trade with India and China above any concern about regular Australian taxpayers! They are promoting a voice (to divide Australia and have more Government Employees living on taxpayer funded incomes) with the money they earned through visas and business incentives! One day they will remember they work for us and are actually accountable to us - please god, make it soon! 🙏

[@jimjacobs2817]

2:25 Median House price in Sydney in 2023 is USD 851,616.02 (@ 1USD = 0.64 AUD) Median house price in London in 2023 is USD 636,479.48 (@ 1 USD = 0.82 GBP)

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Ian. Don't forget it's the 60th Anniversary of Bathurst 1000, this weekend! 😃🎉🥳👍

[@petebeatminister]

Yeah, the inflation rates are really worrying. Not only in the US, but everywhere. $4.25 for 12 eggs is really insane, though. Here in Germany I pay about €2.50 for 10, so that would make it €3 for 12. And this is even after a 25% rise in 2023, like it was with most food items.

[@johnd8892]

Just paid $4.90 for the cheapest 12 700g eggs today in Melbourne.

[@billanddougsuck]

The price of potato chips in Australia says it all

[@lynndally9160]

$4.25 AUD is equivalent to €2.57

[@Daniel-qz8bp]

Pay 10 cent a piece from a farmer, stop going to the robbers market, better known as supermarket, they make ridiculous profits.

[@petebeatminister]

@@Daniel-qz8bp That is not an realistic option for most people.

[@ianmcnab9534]

0:29 no Ian, as of the release of this video AU$1 is buying around US$0.60 so the prices would be nearly doubled.

[@IWrocker]

Thanks for the info, I thought they were closer than that.

[@davidcruse6589]

Here in Australia 🇦🇺 5 % food 13% on electricity 15 % on fuel $130 to fill 75 litre tank diesel even more also premium petrol Interest rates 12 rises and possibilities of more all in last year My birth date was rare white 31 January Those handle bars are growing turning up nicely it's what we used to call them You might be interested their are competitions for those in UK as well not sure if doing here I think flat area is the age old and sandstone area and broken down It's like sa is alot of lime stone cliffs so poorest and water seeps into underground cavities and caves They are millions of years old dead reefs So find animals inside it from 🦕 dinosaur eara fossilised in the lime stone Alot never seen before and if you go around Mt Gambier Multiple caves to visit and water still running through the lime stone Like it has for millions of years naracoorte caves about 3 and half hrs from Adelaide it's between Victoria and south Australia 🇦🇺 in SA side same with Mt Gambier closer to Victoria but still on sa border and funny as they receive TV radio from Victoria If lucky you'll see glow worms all over the ceilings and some have bat's living in them Water is crystal clear and reflects like a mirror Water dripping off stalic night and tights until they for solid structure like the cave and area's We don't get to see the amazing ones as by people being in them damages them from your breath leaves black deposits on surfaces over time and these are easy accessible Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍

[@catmus1506]

$2.40 a litre for premium in my town at the moment. 😢

[@UncleJoeLITE]

People who borrowed on cards, to buy cars or take mortgages they couldn't afford if it went to 7%, at 1% interest rates, will find themselves up that creek. Plus they are often anti-union Liberal voters. A a former banker, their greedy ignorance evokes little to no sympathy.

[@theotherphil]

Here in Newcastle, Australia, our UV hits 11-13 during the summer consistently. Fun fact, the way the body deals with UV is to convert it into heat (via melanin and is additional to the IR absorption) which the body then deals with by sweating and increasing respiration rate. An easy way to feel cooler is by using sunscreen which blocks UV by other mechanisms and therefore stops the need for the body to convert it to additional heat.

[@TheMarlsi]

Groceries have gone nuts. Baked beans. Bread. Milk. It’s crazy.

[@BizzonaterInc]

You may have seen the channel before but if not, OzGeogrphics is all about the geography of Australia and how they formed or his theories of how they've come to formation if they're not proven yet, really great channel

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

The British pound is higher in value than the US. Almost double the Australian dollar.

[@IWrocker]

Ok gotcha, thanks 🎉

[@syllycatface]

part1. basically 90% of people under 30 have given up on the idea of ever owning a home part2. if you want to see something funny, look up NZ population, around 10% of people from nz move to australia part3. in most of australia its basically "WHEN will you get skin cancer", not "will you get skin cancer" though hopefully levels are dropping after advertising campaign "slip slop slap" began in 1981 telling people to be "sun smart".

[@dreamscape1751]

G'day. I like to always point out that the higher the house prices go the more rates local councils collect and the more stamp duty the govt gets from sales. No need to mention banks etc. In Qld we pay rates twice a year. Don't want to leave the system short of pocket money.

[@leiflillandt1488]

In the Finnish countryside, or in the "forests", there are lots of more or less old empty houses that you can buy for 30-50,000 euros. Houses built in the 80s about 100,000 euro... and you will not be disturbed by the nearest neighbours that lives one or more kilometres away... Hopefully you aren't afraid of bears and wolves either... This is to live in the middle of the real nature!

[@PiersDJackson]

Property prices explanation, you're right about Sydney vs New South Wales, and the reason why the Australian Capital Territory is higher than all of Victoria? It's an exclusive island, think of it as an HOA in the middle of farmland, the Property value is raised by exclusivity and jurisdictional loopholes.

[@bobmully5577]

Bathurst 1000 this weekend

[@blast3613]

Go Brodie 😁👍 Hope you have a good one.

[@bobmully5577]

@@blast3613 ok 👍 that was for Ian to know

[@mickelly8922]

The reason the birthdays are more pink in those three months,is that it’s very cold hear at that time,so couples spend a little bit more time together,if you know what I mean 😉😉😂😂😂👍

[@noelinsley8057]

It's interesting that the Sept babies come 9 months after Christmas and New Year parties... hahaha

[@Leeroy-l4n]

All commonwealth countries

[@tobjin101]

The eggs in Australia are getting more expensive as well. This is because the chicken industry here is changing going from battery layers to having a lot more free range or organic layers. Still some farms that do what call caged eggs eventually that will likely be stopped completely.

[@stevenhaeding4955]

Loving the look of the moustache 👍

[@IWrocker]

Thanks 🎉

[@Tully_23_32]

Ian mate, it's early Oct & we've already hit the high 30's in some parts of NSW, at least on the NSW Central Coast, where i am. We don't gradually get warmer here, we cold to boiling in one day

[@Orbitalmercury]

The longest straight stretch of railway line runs across the Nullarbor

[@justbsufti]

I love your videos. Australia is flat because it is old. Some parts are over 3.5 billion years old. All the mountains have worn down over the ages. The Nullarbor was actually the bottom of a shallow ocean once.

[@IanDarley]

The highest UV usually occurs on mountain tops due to the thinner atmosphere. The highest ever recorded was on top of a volcano in Bolivia at over 43. That must be have been deadly to be exposed to, burn in a few minutes territory.

[@markc1548]

I've been to Hawaii which I was told was the most expensive state of the USA, and the city is supposed to be the most expensive area of Hawaii yet all the prices of goods, services and houses were either the same of cheaper than the NSW country town that I come from.

[@airbrushpower]

Its more than "a little more" lol $US763,000 United States Dollar equals $AU1,200,328.71 . The average home price in AU is about a million for a liveable family home. You can get units or apartments cheaper, but they're still crazy expensive.

[@kevo6190]

I'm in Tassie for my 40th bday right now, standing on top of Mount Wellington. Spectacular 👍

[@IWrocker]

Happy birthday 🎉 mate. That sounds awesome 👏

[@kevo6190]

@@IWrocker Thanks Brother. I appreciate it 🤘🍻

[@peterbreis5407]

Australian houses are reportedly the largest in the world and built more solidly than American homes. Interesting about the birthdays! Most babies are born in Spring!

[@dramoth64]

See if you can find a UV rating for a place called Port Hedland, a little town on the Northwest coast of Australia. The temp up there would start getting into the mid 30s about now, rising to the high 30s to low 40s by the end of November and staying like that until the beginning of March. Strangely, that time of year is also called the wet season... but we hardly got any rain, except when a cyclone came through.

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

Port Headland? Pfft.... Check out Marble Bar! In summer constantly over 50 always takes the Gold when it comes to the highest average Temps in Australia uv is equivalent to a microwave oven

[@dramoth64]

@@shakespeare_hall4788 I've been out to the Bar once when I was working in Hedland. Was nice and hot. Spent the day replacing windows, then spent the night drinking :D

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

@@dramoth64 yup first time for me was in 1975 ♨️ then several times since what a stinker way too much for me 🔥

[@Lovelifealways16]

In regards to property prices in Australia vs USA even though Australia is expensive at the moment, you probably should take into account that Australian wages are higher. So it’s probably all relative. 😊

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Supply and demand is the biggest housing issue in Australia, secondly the ridiculous tourist influx - and no control on overseas investors! And land taxes are cheaper here, we also no HOA fees! 👍

[@IWrocker]

Fair points 👍

[@brucevalladares6403]

USA minimum wage is $7.25 Australia the minimum wage is $23.00 per hour so it is no surprise really

[@IWrocker]

True. Although most states have min wage double that here and the few that have min wage around that $7.25 mark have dirt cheap houses

[@optimusmaximus9646]

That map of Australia at 11:20 is a relief map - it is not a map of vegetation.

[@IWrocker]

My mistake

[@optimusmaximus9646]

@@IWrocker No need to apologise, Ian. I can show you a dozen different maps, presumably showing the same thing like relief or topography, and they all look very different. Some look like they've used a logarithmic scale which distorts the numbers in order to highlight the differences. As for vegetation, a satellite image of the country will how three consecutive La Ninas and an abundance of rain have transformed the entire continent. If you compare it with an image taken at the end the last El Nino, which brings drier conditions, you will see big a difference. I think I've said this before, maps are only a snapshot and belie the true nature of a dynamic system. I appreciate your interest in Australian geography and natural history, so keep up the great work!

[@Senator315]

Xmas birthdays might be rare, but look at 9 months after

[@IanDarley]

The egg price rise has been blamed on avian flu, at least that's what they claim in the UK.

[@jasoncamilleri8322]

Almost everything on the Eastern Seaboard of NSW is a multi million dollar property regardless of proximity to Sydney. The average unit (condo) in Sydney is worth about the same, but it still only represents a small percentage of the overall figure....

[@jasoncamilleri8322]

Interestingly enough, although there are approx 100,000 Americans living in Australia there are also approx 100,000 Aussies living in America. Given that America has 10 times the population of Australia this is somewhat surprising. I guess with America being the land of opportunity i shouldn't be so surprised, but still, the disparity is surprising...

[@piratepete1961]

Hi i just bought a house half way between brissie and sunny coast cost $550,000

[@robertleeimages]

Talking of the shaded part at 11min i wish we could post images in comments, in 1869 Victoria was about 90% forest and as of Feb 2023 it apparently is down to only 7%(I'd think closer to 20 as in 2013 it was around 28%)

[@daveg2104]

The latest from the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (10/22) for proportion of total forest area by state - Qld 39%, Vic 6%, NSW 15%. These are based on figures supplied to the Commonwealth by the States. There is also a definition of what constitutes a forest. Some of the high country, for example, being grassy/swampy/rocky plains and peaks, doesn't qualify as forest.

[@robertleeimages]

@@daveg2104 yeah I know Dave, I found that after but got busy with things and forgot to edit my comment but my comment still tells a damming story

[@daveg2104]

@@robertleeimages OK. The reply was to you, but the info is for anyone interested, including Ian.

[@robertleeimages]

@@daveg2104 yeah that's cool mate, as i said originally i just wish we could post images in the comments

[@helenlecornu1651]

Just on the price of eggs i can get them (organic free range) from a local fruit & veg shop for USD3.46 for a dozen (AUD5.49) - don't know if it's cheap or expensive in Australia as I don't buy eggs.

[@coopsnz1]

Country with more expensive homes is obviously the tax system, more taxes you pay more you pay for a home

[@divid3d]

i was born on 25 Dec, the least common birth date in Australia other than Feb 29 I guess. nobody is scheduling c-sections on Christmas Day so it's just those of us who decide that is our time!

[@stephenallen4374]

I'm in South Australia and we are always been called The quiet achievers have a good mat

[@adrianmclean9195]

The average Sydney house price, has for many years now, been over $1,000,000.00.

[@InvidiousProductions]

Australia is just a place you have to get used to being ripped off every day.

[@kerryhamilton1968]

I live in Australia and the sand on summer days is hot but you can run across it. We visited my brother in Ecuador and THERE WAS NO RUNNING on the sand on their beaches. Soooooooooo hot.

[@Kev_Newman]

Yes, our birthday on October 18 is the best. We are just 2 weeks away from growing older. 🎂

[@IWrocker]

It’s coming up fast buddy 🎉

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

1 pound is around $2 AUD lol

[@danielosborne9238]

Hey mate! Hello from Adelaide, Australia! Love your content on KZbin! You gonna watch Bathurst 1000 this Sunday 8th Oct? (probably Saturday evening your time)

[@IWrocker]

Ohhh YES 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@petethundabox5067]

Ah! Globally. In the How Common Is Your Birthday, I thought, "common"? It took me 28 years to meet someone with my birthday. My guess is that the Australian/Southern Hemisphere graph would be the opposite, with 3/4 of the global population in the North.

[@dan-pe5gz]

House prices are even higher now up by 100k plus

[@AUmarcus]

When you consider NZ only has a total poulation of 5million its alot.....about 600,000 or 15% of their population lives here.

[@thrusta100]

Cos of the higher wages $$$ obviously

[@AUmarcus]

@@thrusta100 That and better weather and beaches.

[@afs5609]

the answer to your comment how to make a home cheaper & more available would be to halt all immigration for ten years, but that would be a very difficult process to implement due to the existing waiting list for those who have already applied to migrate, that is already a three year wait at the present time & for others, even longer up to I believe five years for family reunions.

[@cs5842]

Incorrect density of population does not account for price. Location is the main factor.

[@darrenhunt9049]

I'm in country Victoria and you could buy around 3 houses here for the State average. Meanwhile a piece of shit, run down old house in Richmond Melbourne is on the market for $1.45 mil.

[@56music64]

That was interesting. Enjoyed the data. Always good to learn

[@JBLegal09]

US$763K is AUD$1.2 million, thx to the US$ which is affecting every other country.

[@AUmarcus]

July 11th.....pretty common.

[@callabeth258]

You guys were only paying $2 for a dozen eggs?! That’s ridiculously cheap!

[@sec9pete]

Houses in Victoria are going to jump 10% in a few months time due to new laws being passed to pay off Victorian debt making Victoria the most expensive place to live in Australia

[@theotherphil]

The Nullarbor is so flat because it is the Earth's largest single exposure of limestone bedrock. No tectonic activity and wind erosion leads to it's flatness.

[@terrygrant2300]

Where I am in central Queensland on a cool spring morning currently sitting on a UV index of 11

[@jimclarke1108]

That was a year ago, you can add $100k-$150k to that, oi oi oi🤑

[@SandraLeone-y9i]

Ian the house prices in Sydney are lnearly all over a million. Outer Sydney is in the 700.00 mark

[@catmus1506]

What a great backdrop in your office. Good choice with the Tim Tams. I hope that packet is empty!

[@IWrocker]

Haha thank you. 90% of my studio there is all amazing things received from You the viewers🎉 And yes I have kept at least one of each color TimTams packages for display (all empty of course) 👍🤣

[@paulfri1569]

Not for long...

[@Jessie20032]

Mine is around the middle for my bday common rate. Yep some beautiful places in Australia, the Nullarbor is interesting lol the border between WA and SA has a great border town place it’s the best.

[@raymondrysdyk8630]

I have a two bedroom unit in Geelong Victoria Australia it is valued at just over $400.000 ...