What does Australia look like to foreigners?
WorldFirst, a cross-border organization, conducted interviews with Australian expatriates and overseas-born residents to assess 20 aspects of Australia.
High housing prices, political instability and a high cost of living are widely seen as Australia's worst parts. But they also say Australia's quality of life is higher than its own.
These people were asked to rate these 20 points from 1 to 10 dozen compared to 67 countries in the world. The lower the score (that is, the higher the ranking), the less satisfied it was, and 10 points were the most satisfied.
The following are the scores for 20 areas in Australia:
The foreigners came from the UK (30%), China, Singapore, Japan and South Korea (10%), India (8%), the Philippines (5%), North America (5%) and New Zealand (2%).
Australia's rents (average 5.2 points) and house prices (5.5 points) are among the most criticized.
In addition, foreigners and immigrants do not like Australian Prime Minister turnover too often, feeling the political situation is unstable. As a result, Australia's political score was only 5.9.
The cost of living was also ranked 5.9. Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities, are among the world's most expensive cities for migrants, according to the latest figures.
Sydney ranked sixth and Melbourne 14th, according to a global ranking released by Nestpick. Consider the multifaceted costs of settling in the first month, such as visas, rental of apartments, Internet, telephone, food and transportation. A new immigrant spent A $3938.30 and A $3241.75 respectively in his first month of arrival in the two cities.
Public transport scores were also low, averaging 6.3. TomTom, a world-renowned manufacturer of navigation equipment, counted congestion in major Australian cities.
According to the congestion survey, Sydney ranked first, second place was Perth, and Melbourne was third. Adelaide and Brisbane were fourth and fifth respectively. The survey also concluded that the week-to-week peak hours in Sydney were Friday morning and Monday afternoon, while the worst were Tuesday morning and Friday afternoon.
It is worth noting that although people think Australia traffic is very bad, living expenses are very high, but the quality of life ranking is the highest, reaching 8 points. It was followed by 7.7 points for safety, 7.5 for weather and health care in Australia.
Despite a generally stagnant rise in wages, Australia's average wage score was 7.4 points, ranking fifth last.
Work-life balance ranked sixth last, with 7.2 points, followed by employment opportunities (7.0 points), financial security (6.9 points) and job security (6.8 points), followed by job opportunities (7.0 points), financial security (6.9 points) and job security (6.8 points).
Patrick Liddy, head of foreign exchange at WorldFirst, said: "it is encouraging that immigrants and foreigners generally rate Australia high, and none is below four points, even in the worst areas of Australia, such as property and rent prices," said Patrick Liddy, head of foreign exchange at WorldFirst. The score is also above 5, which means Australia is above the world average in every respect. "
"most people come to Australia for work reasons or travel, and quality of life and safety are Australia's biggest advantages."
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