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Moving out of home for many culturally and linguistically diverse Australians can be a tricky subject. There’s still expectations within family and community to either secure a full-time job and some savings or tie the knot before leaving the nest.
While the average age of young Australians moving out of home has been slowly increasing over the years, as young people have opted to stay home longer to save money for a house.
The average age young people leave home in Australia is 23 for men, and 24 for women.
Sara, 27, was a few years beyond the national average when she decided to move out last December.
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When the pandemic hit in March and Melbourne went into lockdown, Melis Layik lost all three of her casual jobs.
Luckily for the law and global studies student, she was among 339,000 Australian recipients of the Youth Allowance who got a special $550 fortnightly coronavirus supplement. Another 1.3 million Australians on JobSeeker got the $550 supplement too.
Student Melis Layik lost three casual jobs when the pandemic hit.
Credit:Paul Jeffers
But the fourth-year Monash University student said since then little had changed for her in the employment market. I haven’t really seen much of anything come up, said the 21-year-old, who until March worked for two medical companies, helping with training for medical students, and as an English tutor. She is still looking for work.