The distribution of population between metropolitan regions and their rural counterparts is a topic of interest, due to the growth pressures in large cities and areas of decline in some, typically remote regions. In Australia, fostering population growth in regional urban centres (RUCs) has been a long-term goal of government policy. Understanding the different profiles, structures, and population dynamics of Australia's RUCs is critical in informing Australian regional development, as well as factors in regional population dynamics in general. This research is focused on patterns of population change through internal migration across Australian RUCs. In addition to a detailed spatial analysis of patterns of population migration flows, this research offers a comprehensive analysis of a range of regional social, economic and infrastructure development factors and their effects on regional migration and population changes. The outputs of the method are new evidence to inform the future regional plan to increase economic and population growth in RUCs. This research contributes to population research and regional planning and provides a baseline for the prepandemic status of regional population dynamics in Australia.

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澳大利亚区域城市中心的内部移民和定居模式

由于大城市的增长压力和一些通常是偏远地区的人口下降，大都市地区和农村地区之间的人口分布是一个令人感兴趣的话题。在澳大利亚，促进区域城市中心（RUC）的人口增长一直是政府政策的长期目标。了解澳大利亚 RUC 的不同概况、结构和人口动态对于了解澳大利亚区域发展以及总体区域人口动态因素至关重要。这项研究的重点是澳大利亚 RUC 内部移民造成的人口变化模式。除了对人口迁移流动模式进行详细的空间分析外，本研究还对一系列区域社会、经济和基础设施发展因素及其对区域迁移和人口变化的影响进行了全面分析。该方法的输出是为未来促进 RUC 经济和人口增长的区域计划提供信息的新证据。这项研究有助于人口研究和区域规划，并为澳大利亚区域人口动态的流行前状况提供基线。