New reports from Boomtown has revealed Australian regional cities are experiencing population and economic growth as people move away from metro areas, leading to a new spotlight series. Launching today, Boomtown’s ‘City Spotlight’ series places the spotlight on nine key regional hubs that are experiencing a renaissance as Australians continue to embrace sea and tree changes and the work from anywhere phenomenon. These individual reports unpack the diverse economic, community, and cultural attributes of these cities and investigate what makes their local audiences tick. Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics research1 backs this up – with regional population growth outpacing that of metro areas for the first time in four decades. “Australia has 19 cities, and 14 of those are in regional areas.