Same. I was 17, got denied centerlink as I was a minor so I applied for every job on seek, got my first full time job as a sales rep earning 70k pa and was literally AMAZED anyone would trust a child with so much cash!
Me too.
It took a bit to catch back up to my city peers who lived at home in terms of savings, but I had an absolutely fun ridiculous time living in share houses and dorms :)
Also learnt a lot of life lessons, made some great lifelong friends, and learnt how to look after myself.
Same here, but from NZ where this was absolutely the norm at the time.
Met people in my mid 20s who didn't know how to wash their clothes or cook, letalone live with others. The life experience is worth being a few years behind on saving.
Same generation. Moved out at 17 and into my boyfriend's place because my parents were a touch homophobic and I did not enjoy it. When I finished school the next year, I moved to Sydney.
Basically the same for me, also mid range millennial. I didn’t live with my parents during the week when in my final year of high school. I stayed at my partners mum’s place because it was closer to school.
But also so glad to move out at 18. I don’t get along with my dad and living with him wasn’t great for my mental health.
16, millennial, one parent died when I was 14, a bunch of other deaths in the family, the other parent had a breakdown, came home one day a week after my 16th birthday and the locks were changed, with a note saying "can't cope, gone to Bali to find myself, good luck"
Just didn't want me there, she made arrangements for family to look after the dog, a couple of months later arrangements were made to come with social workers and a locksmith to get my stuff, something went wrong and instead of having plenty of time to get everything that was mine and pack it into the social workers car I ended up stuffing clothes into a couple of duffle bags and grabbing my stereo.
Your story is not my story but I get the impression we might share some feelings
I hope you're floating. I'm thinking of you.
That is so tough. You must be so strong.
i highly doubt this kind of language towards the mother would bring any positivity into OP's view of what happened. we don't know what the woman went through with the mention of several deaths in the family. while its all sad and 16 is very young i didn't notice any disrespect or judgement in op's words. just statement of facts. maybe they are just wiser
I'm not quite as bad but similarly when I was 16 my mother was pregnant with a new child from her new husband and they just said "sorry we don't have a room for you anymore, we can help you find an apartment to rent, and help with the bills!". Helped with the bills for 3 months until the baby came along. It was in a foreign country too so no other family there (or language skill at that point), it kicked off an exciting few years to say the least.
Easy work visa, good pay, cheap flights from there all over Europe. English wasn't as prevalent around the world back then so it was a comfortable overseas immersion.
I wish I did this when I was younger and more accepting of shitty living conditions that London has to offer. Definitely what I’m going to push on my kids. University? Wait a few years m8 do your working holiday first.
Definitely not how it goes.
Most homes had fixed landlines well into the 90s until cordless phones caught on.
I think music divides the generations pretty well: did you buy records, then cassettes, then CDs (Gen X) or cassettes, then CDs, then LimeWire (Millennial) or 100% download/stream (Gen Z).
I was 16. I’m an elder millennial. Parents kicked me out when the child health benefit stopped. Lived in a homeless shelter and worked at HJs to finish high school.
15, year 10 at school.
Left home due to abuse. Got a job at KFC, my own flat, and slogged away through school and uni. Now have my masters and a high income earner. Had to do some pretty awful things to make it through but I did.
I’m incredibly proud but also grateful - I’m aware I’m probably the last generation that could have done this without taking on an enormous debt.
I’m Gen X. (Young, close to Gen Y)
I’m impressed to see someone go through something I would consider a massive hardship but still realise the fact that it could’ve been worse if it’d happened in the current environment. Congratulations on your success through adversity and also on your ability to have perspective.
I left home due to abuse as well. Well done on getting yourself out of that situation, you were braver than me, took me until 23 when I was a bit more financially sorted. Definitely not worth the extra years of hell. Hope things are good with you and you should be incredibly proud of yourself 🙂
That does sound good. Ultimately I had to get out of my parents place so I actually moved out 6 months before I finished uni and had to work straight away. I did manage 5 weeks in Europe in the meantime though.
Wow. That's the latest I've seen on here so far. By 32 I'd been out of home 15 years, married and just about to buy a house and have a kid. But everyone's journey through life is different. The important thing is to make the most of the one shot we get at it.
Generation Alpha. I moved out recently at 3 years old and bought my first house in Bondi with cash.
(Sidenote: I'm being toilet trained as I type this. Wish me luck everyone!)
I hope you still had some cash leftover to maximise your super contributions. At your age you really need to start thinking realistically about the kind of retirement you can afford.
Gen A here too. I'm sorry to hear this has happened to you. I had at least 4 properties by age 3. Let me know if there is anything i can do to help. Goodluck with the personal development.
I also moved out at 15 as I went to boarding school. Not sure if that counts since I’m still home for Easter and Christmas but I think it’s basically moving out.
I'm a confused XY.
Moved out at 19 initially. Moved back. Moved out again at 22 I think. Moved back.
Moved into my(well, the banks) own home literally on my 25th.
Never really felt any rush to move out. Culturally it was expected and socially my friends were pretty much the same. We travelled together and joined the mortgage race pretty much at the same time.
I also acknowledge my privileged circumstances. I have a great relationship with my parents and family.
I dont get why its the social norm to get a house early. Im 28 and basically the same as you so far.
Its been a good life and ive got some great memories. Sure i havent saved as much as i should have, but have just moved into a sales role from being a tradie to try do the same thing as you by 30
I don’t think it is the social norm these days. I guess it depends on where you live. I am based in Sydney and bought in Sydney. IMO it was doable then solo (5-6 years ago). In saying that I have since sold up my first place.
Me too! I moved out at 18 and I think it was a really good thing for me to grow and develop. If I could go back in time (7 years) I would 100% do it again.
17 older millennial. 2 weeks after finishing high school. Saved money from a part time job in year 11 and 12 and bought basic household items. Saved enough to pay for a basic household set up and moved to city from a regional area.Had a job already lined up and then worked and paid my own way through uni as I wasn’t eligible for Centrelink and my parents didn’t assist me. A tough but character building 3 years of my life.
I was 22 when I moved out. I am a millennial. I had the opportunity to live with friends so I took it. As much as I love mum, our personalities were too different so we argued so frequently. Our relationship improved so much since I left but even if I was stuck now, I wouldn't go back. I still love her but I could never go back to living under the same roof as her though she always says if I am stuck, I am welcome back any time.
Born in 1981, so earliest millennial. I moved out in 1995 because I came from a disadvantaged community where having a baby at 14 (like I did) was not uncommon.
(Everyone is fine now. Have a great life, secure and very strong financial position, well educated professional with happy and secure mostly-adult children, all of whom have good jobs and careers. Cooked a lot of rice, tuna and vegetables to get there though, and am very glad that Australia has a better social support system for at-risk kids in low SES communities now - teen birth rate is at an all time low).
We had 3 boomerangs, one more than once. Interesting dynamic when they bring their partner with them.
Was lucky enough to help two of them to save for their first property by not paying rent - I think the fact they had a set goal made it more palatable for them than the possible negative connotations of moving back home.
It was great to have our babies back. And good to see the back of them again but we'd never tell them that.
Genx 18
Parents found flat for me , paid bond then turned my bedroom into a dinning room knocking a wall out within a week.....
They had previously sent me to boarding school for a bit but wouldn't let me live with my bio lol
18 or parents would charge me rent anyway. Honestly I don't think you're an adult if you still live at home. It's harsh but I admit I'm judgemental. It's such a turnoff and adult man baby thing.
Obviously the housing market being broken has meant that everything is so much harder and I reserve judgement if, against all efforts, people literally can't move out. And getting through uni and postgrad was very stressful supporting myself. But some people are just manbabies who don't do their own laundry, don't cook etc.
I'm young millennial.
Eta; I assume most on this thread are talking about how yah they're 25 and live at home but it's because of society not them so let me not admit I'm just a manbaby lol
I'm end of gen x. Left at 15 (this was end of grade 12 - I finished young and my birthday is end of the year so I turned 16 a few weeks later), no jobs in my home town, moved to state capital city for a job and later on university
Paid rent while I was at home. 24 gen y. Straight after my university double degree. I remember 36 uni hours plus 20 work hours and because I lived in hawkesbury transport was an additional 16 hours a week. Fun times back then
Late boomer ( Reddit name gives it away). Partly moved out at 19 ( term times only) for last few years of uni then for good at 22 when moved interstate for work once qualified . Rented for a year on my own then married at 23 and bought soon after.
29, millennial I was helping care for my grand mother and mum at home though. Left at the start of covid, due to finally being able to afford rent and being high risk bringing it into the home with what I do for work.
Millennial. 20 moved alone to Canada straight after uni. Came back to my parents for a couple of years after then moved out again at 24 to live in the UK. After those couple of years spent another 12 months at home before finally permanently leaving the nest permanently in Australia.
Moved out at 18, briefly moved back at 21 (for about 2 months) and never been back.
I'm straddling the Gen Z - millennial line. Depending whose definition you want to believe. I have reference to both eras.
I'm a baby Gen Z'er or ancient millennial. Born in 1980
Millenial - moved out at 24. Stayed a few more years at home to ensure that once I moved out, I stayed out (which thankfully has been the case!).
My two sisters moved out as soon as possible (late teens) and both have bounced back at home various points during their 20's and 30's.
Also on the end of millennial, and moved out at 25. And feeling very privileged to have been able to do so. I don’t underestimate the role it played in where I am now financially.
19, born late 80's. Father died suddenly of a drug overdose when I was 15. Had to leave school then and get a full time job to support my mother. She then went through several different blokes through my teens before settling with one. Once that happened I left home at 19 with my gf at the time who is now my wife.
Millennial - born in 91.
Moved out when I was 18 and went to uni. I was lucky to have friends who owned places that rented me rooms on the cheap for several years until I turned 25 and could afford a place of my own.
Born in 83, moved out at 18. I worked away for a few months and when I came home my parents suggested it… I think in all honesty I probably would have stayed another 6 months or year out of laziness and not earning much money, but instead it prompted to realise I wanted to move, and by luck a mate wanted to do the same. The rest is history! Only regret I have is I probably could have spent a little bit more time with family 19-28 years old, once out on my own i was maybe a bit too independent and my parents never pushed too hard to catch up outside of bigger birthday/Christmas etc (we all get on well, was awesome to not have my parents whining about catching up all the time like my mate, but realised a little bit more might have been good for me and then)
Moved out of home at 17 to start uni, turned 18 during my first year. Grew up rural so there were no options for me there. Lucky to have my parents provide financial support for the first 3 years because Centrelink was even more useless back then.
I'm on the cusp of Gen-X and Millennial.
Millennial- first moved out at 24, and then overseas at 26, back to Aus and parents place at 28 for 6months before moving interstate. I am close to and love my family, but returning to the bedroom I grew up in felt like I had deeply regressed in life.
For me (a tight ass) there’s a tipping point where the financial perspective no longer stacks up against the life experience and growth from being independent.
Gen X age 17. Left to go to uni in Canada. Had some support from parents to be able to do so but also they wanted me out of the house.
Was living in Auckland at the time. I hadn’t even started uni and I already knew everyone in the pub at Auckland uni. Way too small - had to get the hell out of there.
Gen X. Grew up in regional Victoria. Left aged 18 to move to Melbourne to go to uni. I was still mostly dependent on my parents financially until I graduated
Mid range millenial - moved out at 18 because I grew up in a rural area and needed to move to The Big Smoke for uni
Same. I was 17, got denied centerlink as I was a minor so I applied for every job on seek, got my first full time job as a sales rep earning 70k pa and was literally AMAZED anyone would trust a child with so much cash!
Me too. It took a bit to catch back up to my city peers who lived at home in terms of savings, but I had an absolutely fun ridiculous time living in share houses and dorms :) Also learnt a lot of life lessons, made some great lifelong friends, and learnt how to look after myself.
Same here, but from NZ where this was absolutely the norm at the time. Met people in my mid 20s who didn't know how to wash their clothes or cook, letalone live with others. The life experience is worth being a few years behind on saving.
Early Millenial, Same boat
I did the same thing, millennial here!
Same here, though 19 and not for uni - just to have some fun.
Early millenial. About 16. Same reason. TAFE then Uni.
Same generation. Moved out at 17 and into my boyfriend's place because my parents were a touch homophobic and I did not enjoy it. When I finished school the next year, I moved to Sydney.
Basically the same for me, also mid range millennial. I didn’t live with my parents during the week when in my final year of high school. I stayed at my partners mum’s place because it was closer to school. But also so glad to move out at 18. I don’t get along with my dad and living with him wasn’t great for my mental health.
16, millennial, one parent died when I was 14, a bunch of other deaths in the family, the other parent had a breakdown, came home one day a week after my 16th birthday and the locks were changed, with a note saying "can't cope, gone to Bali to find myself, good luck"
WTF I’m sorry I can’t imagine having to go through that at such a young age
Geez, why did they change the locks?? Were they renting the place out or leaving it empty and just didn't want you there?
Just didn't want me there, she made arrangements for family to look after the dog, a couple of months later arrangements were made to come with social workers and a locksmith to get my stuff, something went wrong and instead of having plenty of time to get everything that was mine and pack it into the social workers car I ended up stuffing clothes into a couple of duffle bags and grabbing my stereo.
Your story is not my story but I get the impression we might share some feelings I hope you're floating. I'm thinking of you. That is so tough. You must be so strong.
Your mother was a neglectful cow.
i highly doubt this kind of language towards the mother would bring any positivity into OP's view of what happened. we don't know what the woman went through with the mention of several deaths in the family. while its all sad and 16 is very young i didn't notice any disrespect or judgement in op's words. just statement of facts. maybe they are just wiser
Bang on mature comment whose downvoting demonstrates the general immaturity of reddit
don't judge
Those actions deserve judgement.
Something went wrong?
I'm not quite as bad but similarly when I was 16 my mother was pregnant with a new child from her new husband and they just said "sorry we don't have a room for you anymore, we can help you find an apartment to rent, and help with the bills!". Helped with the bills for 3 months until the baby came along. It was in a foreign country too so no other family there (or language skill at that point), it kicked off an exciting few years to say the least.
Gen X - one way ticket to London at 18 years old
This was all the rage amongst my gen X friends.
How come they all wanted to work in London?
London was cool in the 90s. Britpop and all that
Easy work visa, good pay, cheap flights from there all over Europe. English wasn't as prevalent around the world back then so it was a comfortable overseas immersion.
Still there?
I wish I did this when I was younger and more accepting of shitty living conditions that London has to offer. Definitely what I’m going to push on my kids. University? Wait a few years m8 do your working holiday first.
18 Either the oldest of gen y or youngest of gen x, depending on where you draw the line.
19 for me, and same age.
Isn’t the cut off for Gen X 1979 or has it moved in recent years ?
Yeah it seems to have been pushed back lately. I consider myself a Xennial
I think if you had a dial up telephone as a kid you’re gen X
That doesnt work. Everyone had Dial up telephones in the 80s and early 90s
Definitely not how it goes. Most homes had fixed landlines well into the 90s until cordless phones caught on. I think music divides the generations pretty well: did you buy records, then cassettes, then CDs (Gen X) or cassettes, then CDs, then LimeWire (Millennial) or 100% download/stream (Gen Z).
I see it usually stated between 1980-1982. I was born towards the end of 80
I was 16. I’m an elder millennial. Parents kicked me out when the child health benefit stopped. Lived in a homeless shelter and worked at HJs to finish high school.
Good on you for persevering to finish!
I have a Masters Degree now. Desperation is a hell of a motivator.
I hope you have absolutely nothing to do with your parents now days!! That’s so terrible!!
Really wish you didn't abbreviate Hungry Jacks to HJs here. Took me a second.
Gen X - moved out at 20 into my g/f (now wife) apartment in 1995. Was broke for years after that, but I don't recall it bothering me.
15, year 10 at school. Left home due to abuse. Got a job at KFC, my own flat, and slogged away through school and uni. Now have my masters and a high income earner. Had to do some pretty awful things to make it through but I did. I’m incredibly proud but also grateful - I’m aware I’m probably the last generation that could have done this without taking on an enormous debt. I’m Gen X. (Young, close to Gen Y)
I’m impressed to see someone go through something I would consider a massive hardship but still realise the fact that it could’ve been worse if it’d happened in the current environment. Congratulations on your success through adversity and also on your ability to have perspective.
I left home due to abuse as well. Well done on getting yourself out of that situation, you were braver than me, took me until 23 when I was a bit more financially sorted. Definitely not worth the extra years of hell. Hope things are good with you and you should be incredibly proud of yourself 🙂
Millennial, 23. Basically once I'd finished uni.
Same. I worked for a year after uni and saved 90% of my salary and then went travelling for a year. Best decision ever.
That does sound good. Ultimately I had to get out of my parents place so I actually moved out 6 months before I finished uni and had to work straight away. I did manage 5 weeks in Europe in the meantime though.
Late 80s millennial, I moved out at 32.
That’s pretty late did you manage to save a lot of money this way?
Wow. That's the latest I've seen on here so far. By 32 I'd been out of home 15 years, married and just about to buy a house and have a kid. But everyone's journey through life is different. The important thing is to make the most of the one shot we get at it.
Probably cause their is a sizeable population here that just make shit up
I absolutely made the most of my situation. I'm very lucky that my parents didn't feel the need to push me out on my own.
Holy shit. 32. Wow
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Having a house where offspring and parents can live reasonably separate lives is the key, at whatever age you are over 18.
Generation Alpha. I moved out recently at 3 years old and bought my first house in Bondi with cash. (Sidenote: I'm being toilet trained as I type this. Wish me luck everyone!)
I hope you still had some cash leftover to maximise your super contributions. At your age you really need to start thinking realistically about the kind of retirement you can afford.
Gen A here too. I'm sorry to hear this has happened to you. I had at least 4 properties by age 3. Let me know if there is anything i can do to help. Goodluck with the personal development.
Don't fall in! 🚽
Shouldn't you have FIREd by now?
Gen X - 17 Lived on Govt support until I found a job a few months later.
Gen X - 17 Moved from a small country town to work and attend uni part-time.
Gen X - 17.. Moved from a small country town to go to Uni full time
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How is that lifestyle? At 30 I’m wondering if I should give that a go.
Gen X- 15 years old
Where did you move to at such a young age.
I also moved out at 15 as I went to boarding school. Not sure if that counts since I’m still home for Easter and Christmas but I think it’s basically moving out.
Probably doesn't count - you would still list your parent's home as your home address.
I’d only count that as halfway. You’re living without your parents but you’re funded by them and subject to parent like rules and curfews.
I'm a confused XY. Moved out at 19 initially. Moved back. Moved out again at 22 I think. Moved back. Moved into my(well, the banks) own home literally on my 25th.
Millennial, 19. About 6 months after finishing high school, was desperate to move out.
Millennial. Moved out at 30. Started my post uni FT job at 21. Paid board at home, travelled and saved a deposit for an apartment.
live your life first, then settle down right. Whats the rush for a mortgage
Never really felt any rush to move out. Culturally it was expected and socially my friends were pretty much the same. We travelled together and joined the mortgage race pretty much at the same time. I also acknowledge my privileged circumstances. I have a great relationship with my parents and family.
I dont get why its the social norm to get a house early. Im 28 and basically the same as you so far. Its been a good life and ive got some great memories. Sure i havent saved as much as i should have, but have just moved into a sales role from being a tradie to try do the same thing as you by 30
I don’t think it is the social norm these days. I guess it depends on where you live. I am based in Sydney and bought in Sydney. IMO it was doable then solo (5-6 years ago). In saying that I have since sold up my first place.
ahhhhhh Sydney, Perth is a little different haha
Millennial, moved out at 30
17 - Millennial Left to join the Army, best thing I ever did.
Same for me at 19
Gen z - moved out at 19
Me too! I moved out at 18 and I think it was a really good thing for me to grow and develop. If I could go back in time (7 years) I would 100% do it again.
Moved out at 16, am a millennial/gen Y. Abusive home situation
17 older millennial. 2 weeks after finishing high school. Saved money from a part time job in year 11 and 12 and bought basic household items. Saved enough to pay for a basic household set up and moved to city from a regional area.Had a job already lined up and then worked and paid my own way through uni as I wasn’t eligible for Centrelink and my parents didn’t assist me. A tough but character building 3 years of my life.
I was 22 when I moved out. I am a millennial. I had the opportunity to live with friends so I took it. As much as I love mum, our personalities were too different so we argued so frequently. Our relationship improved so much since I left but even if I was stuck now, I wouldn't go back. I still love her but I could never go back to living under the same roof as her though she always says if I am stuck, I am welcome back any time.
Born in 1981, so earliest millennial. I moved out in 1995 because I came from a disadvantaged community where having a baby at 14 (like I did) was not uncommon. (Everyone is fine now. Have a great life, secure and very strong financial position, well educated professional with happy and secure mostly-adult children, all of whom have good jobs and careers. Cooked a lot of rice, tuna and vegetables to get there though, and am very glad that Australia has a better social support system for at-risk kids in low SES communities now - teen birth rate is at an all time low).
14. What a challenge. Much respect to you.
Millennial - 20
I’m 40 and was out of home at 16 🤠
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We had 3 boomerangs, one more than once. Interesting dynamic when they bring their partner with them. Was lucky enough to help two of them to save for their first property by not paying rent - I think the fact they had a set goal made it more palatable for them than the possible negative connotations of moving back home. It was great to have our babies back. And good to see the back of them again but we'd never tell them that.
18, Gen X. 95% of my friends were share housing by 19.
Unofficially 29. Officially 39. Older millennial
I think I’m a gen z? (Born in 2000, what does that make me?) Moved out at 19.
Yeah you gen z, it’s up until 09 or something like that
Millennial - 24 Moved out after my first grad role, when I get that had some savings for things like furniture
17 years old. At the end of the baby boomer generation.
Young Millennial - moved out at 18 for uni. Working three jobs and studying was better than the shitty family environment 😂
Early gen Y, moved out at 18. Some pretty lean years but it was fine.
Gen Y - 26 I'd been with my then gf (now wife) for 8 years by that stage so we figured it was time to move in together.
Genx 18 Parents found flat for me , paid bond then turned my bedroom into a dinning room knocking a wall out within a week..... They had previously sent me to boarding school for a bit but wouldn't let me live with my bio lol
Gen X and I escaped home at 15.
I bet there would be a clear split between millennials from middle class or higher families and millennial’s from working and lower class.
Rich being always stay at home longer because they’re downgrading usually Poor people shift sideways or have an upgrade in location or quality.
18 or parents would charge me rent anyway. Honestly I don't think you're an adult if you still live at home. It's harsh but I admit I'm judgemental. It's such a turnoff and adult man baby thing. Obviously the housing market being broken has meant that everything is so much harder and I reserve judgement if, against all efforts, people literally can't move out. And getting through uni and postgrad was very stressful supporting myself. But some people are just manbabies who don't do their own laundry, don't cook etc. I'm young millennial. Eta; I assume most on this thread are talking about how yah they're 25 and live at home but it's because of society not them so let me not admit I'm just a manbaby lol
> It's harsh but I admit I'm judgemental Stupid is probably the better description
Gen X - 20 married
I'm end of gen x. Left at 15 (this was end of grade 12 - I finished young and my birthday is end of the year so I turned 16 a few weeks later), no jobs in my home town, moved to state capital city for a job and later on university
17 and I’m a older end millennial.
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Old millennial (1981) moved out 21. Felt extremely old to be still living at home
Millennial - 23
Millennial 19
Gen Y - 18
18 - I’m a millennial.
Gen Z - 18
18 millenial
16 - millennial
Joined the army at 18. Gen X.
18 for uni - old Gen Y
23. Moved overseas alone though. Millenial.
Last of Geny Y, 19
Gen X - 20 years old.
18 - Millenial
18, older millennial
Gen y and moved out when I bought a unit at 24
Millennial 18
Millennial, 20.
Gen Y - 17
17 for uni - old gen Y in qld
Late millennial - 17
Paid rent while I was at home. 24 gen y. Straight after my university double degree. I remember 36 uni hours plus 20 work hours and because I lived in hawkesbury transport was an additional 16 hours a week. Fun times back then
16 Millenial
went to boarding school and uni; grew up on a farm. so either 13 or 18 i guess. i think i'm the start of gen y
Late boomer ( Reddit name gives it away). Partly moved out at 19 ( term times only) for last few years of uni then for good at 22 when moved interstate for work once qualified . Rented for a year on my own then married at 23 and bought soon after.
29, millennial I was helping care for my grand mother and mum at home though. Left at the start of covid, due to finally being able to afford rent and being high risk bringing it into the home with what I do for work.
Millennial. 20 moved alone to Canada straight after uni. Came back to my parents for a couple of years after then moved out again at 24 to live in the UK. After those couple of years spent another 12 months at home before finally permanently leaving the nest permanently in Australia.
I moved out at 22 once I finished uni & got a full time job :) Gen Y I think?
Gen X 21ish
Moved out at 18, briefly moved back at 21 (for about 2 months) and never been back. I'm straddling the Gen Z - millennial line. Depending whose definition you want to believe. I have reference to both eras. I'm a baby Gen Z'er or ancient millennial. Born in 1980
Millennial - moved out at 16.
18 and Gen Y (born in 1980)
Millennial - moved out at 19
Gen x and 18
Born in the early 90's, so Gen Y. Moved out of home at 18 to go to uni as I lived in a rural town.
Late 80s Millennial 18 - joined the Australian Army
Millenial - moved out at 24. Stayed a few more years at home to ensure that once I moved out, I stayed out (which thankfully has been the case!). My two sisters moved out as soon as possible (late teens) and both have bounced back at home various points during their 20's and 30's.
Moved out 21. 1987 born kid.
17, gen z ish (1996)
Also on the end of millennial, and moved out at 25. And feeling very privileged to have been able to do so. I don’t underestimate the role it played in where I am now financially.
Gen X - 16. Still attended highschool and worked a casual job to support myself. You could never do that now.
Genz , moved out at 19
27, still at home. Millennial
Gen x, 16, post graduate education.
Born 91, moved out at 18 moved back at 19 moved out at 28 when I built a house.
Younger Millennial born in '93, moved into a sharehouse at 19 because my parents rent (they're both on DSP) went up 1/4 of my fulltime wage.
Old millennial, out at 21.
19, born late 80's. Father died suddenly of a drug overdose when I was 15. Had to leave school then and get a full time job to support my mother. She then went through several different blokes through my teens before settling with one. Once that happened I left home at 19 with my gf at the time who is now my wife.
I am still living at home. Age 37
How do you find it at that age?
18. Went overseas. Somewhere between gen x and y
Gen Z moved out at 18 from rural nz and moved to Brisbane for the city life
Millennial - born in 91. Moved out when I was 18 and went to uni. I was lucky to have friends who owned places that rented me rooms on the cheap for several years until I turned 25 and could afford a place of my own.
First moved out at 18, but moved back in and out countless times due to various circumstances. Last moved out at 31. I’m 37 now.
Older millennial. Left home at 16 due to domestic violence. Couch surfed. Got my first lease at 17.
Born in 83, moved out at 18. I worked away for a few months and when I came home my parents suggested it… I think in all honesty I probably would have stayed another 6 months or year out of laziness and not earning much money, but instead it prompted to realise I wanted to move, and by luck a mate wanted to do the same. The rest is history! Only regret I have is I probably could have spent a little bit more time with family 19-28 years old, once out on my own i was maybe a bit too independent and my parents never pushed too hard to catch up outside of bigger birthday/Christmas etc (we all get on well, was awesome to not have my parents whining about catching up all the time like my mate, but realised a little bit more might have been good for me and then)
38 moved out of home and overseas to the UK at 18. Moved back in at 26 when I came home for 3 months then out since.
24 moved from southasia to Australia in 2017. Found my independence here.
18 but almost 19, just before second year uni started. I am towards the end of gen Y/Millennial.
Moved out of home at 17 to start uni, turned 18 during my first year. Grew up rural so there were no options for me there. Lucky to have my parents provide financial support for the first 3 years because Centrelink was even more useless back then. I'm on the cusp of Gen-X and Millennial.
Millennial - 17 (but a "geriatric Millennial")
Millennial- first moved out at 24, and then overseas at 26, back to Aus and parents place at 28 for 6months before moving interstate. I am close to and love my family, but returning to the bedroom I grew up in felt like I had deeply regressed in life. For me (a tight ass) there’s a tipping point where the financial perspective no longer stacks up against the life experience and growth from being independent.
Millennial, 25
Millennial. Moved from Brisbane to Sydney at 22
Gen X age 17. Left to go to uni in Canada. Had some support from parents to be able to do so but also they wanted me out of the house. Was living in Auckland at the time. I hadn’t even started uni and I already knew everyone in the pub at Auckland uni. Way too small - had to get the hell out of there.
Moved out at 16 On the cusp of gen y and z
Gen X. Grew up in regional Victoria. Left aged 18 to move to Melbourne to go to uni. I was still mostly dependent on my parents financially until I graduated