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THE number of Britons emigrating to Australia each year has almost halved, according to new figures published by British media.
Britain's Office for National Statistics has released data showing that residents of Blighty are leaving at their lowest rate for more than a decade.
While Australia remains one of the favourite destinations for Brits leaving home, the statistical report shows that in 2010 about 28,000 people made the move Down Under, compared with 49,000 in 2006, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
The data follows news of record numbers of Britons leaving Australia.
In 2009/10 more than 7000 Britons left Australia for good - according to Immigration Department figures - representing the largest departure "in recent history", the BBC reports.
Professor of sociology from the University of York, Roger Burrows, said Britons are returning home because they are lonely.
"The people who don't settle have always lived close to their friends and family (in the UK) so any move comes as a shock," Prof Burrows told the BBC.
"If they live in a bungalow in the suburbs of Adelaide, it gets lonely. There isn't a culture of going for a drink after work and the TV is terrible."
Some people went to Australia for the heat, but ended up hating the warmth, the flies, and having to cover the kids in sunscreen cream all the time, he said.
"It's not about living by the coast in the sun - it's about living in a dull flat in suburbs that don't have any real infrastructure."
British expats in Australia told the BBC that the idea of being able to live a cheaper life in Australia no longer exists, with basic commodities including bread, milk, fruit and petrol comparatively more expensive.
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Britain's Office for National Statistics has released data showing that residents of Blighty are leaving at their lowest rate for more than a decade.
While Australia remains one of the favourite destinations for Brits leaving home, the statistical report shows that in 2010 about 28,000 people made the move Down Under, compared with 49,000 in 2006, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
The data follows news of record numbers of Britons leaving Australia.
In 2009/10 more than 7000 Britons left Australia for good - according to Immigration Department figures - representing the largest departure "in recent history", the BBC reports.
Professor of sociology from the University of York, Roger Burrows, said Britons are returning home because they are lonely.
"The people who don't settle have always lived close to their friends and family (in the UK) so any move comes as a shock," Prof Burrows told the BBC.
"If they live in a bungalow in the suburbs of Adelaide, it gets lonely. There isn't a culture of going for a drink after work and the TV is terrible."
Some people went to Australia for the heat, but ended up hating the warmth, the flies, and having to cover the kids in sunscreen cream all the time, he said.
"It's not about living by the coast in the sun - it's about living in a dull flat in suburbs that don't have any real infrastructure."
British expats in Australia told the BBC that the idea of being able to live a cheaper life in Australia no longer exists, with basic commodities including bread, milk, fruit and petrol comparatively more expensive.
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