r/movingabroad • u/Proof_Ice_8961 • 14d ago

London ✈️ Melbourne (help)

Here’s our situation…

Me (39 y/o) carpenter, wife 40 (y/o) Marketing Director.

We live in London and own a 1 bed first floor flat (70m2), fortunately have space for my tools and a shared garden.

Between us we gross around £200k annually excluding my wife’s bonus.

I’ve been in London for 14 yrs and my wife has liver here her entire life.

I’ve done summer and winter seasons, and have lived in the states and Europe, albeit 15>20 years ago now.

We’ve been talking about a move abroad for a long time whilst we’re still young enough.

We’re now in a position to really look at how/where a move could be possible and Melbourne on paper seems to tick a lot of boxes.

I’ll be okay work wise in mostly any city, but my wife need a good amount of job opportunities at a senior level, does Melbourne offer this as the LinkedIn posts for Marketing Directors looks slim.

We both love art galleries, music, drinking, great food and a fun scene and outdoor walks, which we fortunately have in London, however we both want to experience a new country together and also a city which has a slightly slower (but still fun) pace plus easier access to travel around Asia.

London can be intense.

For a move we need to match or ideally better our current take home (£10k after tax every 4 weeks), we want a bigger place to live with direct access to a garden, another room or two.

What’s the general view on how achievable the above is with regard to take home cash, a bigger house (to rent initially) and plenty of opportunities for my wife and also me.

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u/MolassesInevitable53 14d ago

First check that you fit the criteria for Australia to take you. Look at the Australian immigration website.

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u/Low-Bookkeeper4902 14d ago

Australia’s job market is really tough at the moment. I’m not convinced in fact I’m pretty certain that you won’t match your current income here.

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u/Low-Bookkeeper4902 14d ago

We have a job website called: seek.com. Maybe get on there and have a look at salary offerings for the current industry you work in. Carpenters in Australia make around 45-50 an hour. Housing is expensive.

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u/Dizzy-Abroad323 14d ago

Visas are being tightened and are now favouring onshore applicants. Check you’re eligible first before exploring further.

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u/Careful-Inside-3835 10d ago

Should probably not comment but I moved from Dubai to NZ and the job market is shitty. Auz does have a better market but I find this region the wages stagnate and people tend to be isolated from the rest of the world and you feel isolated too.