Moving To SA from NSW

Hi Mama’s 🌷 I’m a young mum with a 7mth old girl and I just was hoping to get some advice on your thoughts of moving to Adelaide!Most of my australian family have relocated there or closer to that state. Daycares in my area have waitlists of about 1.5years minimum and Preschools are minimum of about 6months and that just dosen’t work for us especially now that she’s becoming more active…. I’m now back off Mat leave and studying at Uni and working casual days in a high-school…. I want my daughter to grow up knowing her relatives and godparents as that’s something I missed growing up so far away from majority of my family. The main downside of moving is without having a partner I already find myself quite lonely so I’m worried my already timy community will disappear. I moved back to Australia from England while I was pregnant so my connections are already limited up here especially now being a young single mum so its hard as is….So I am super keen to know a few things before I go making any decisions. Whatthe playgroup scene like, is it fairly straightforward when hunting for affordable rentals in safe neighbourhoods. Do any of your single parents ever rent share? How do I go about making friends?? We don’t have many connections here anyway so I’m not stressed about what I may be leaving behind other than having my mum close by and church community but I’d really like to hear from a mums perspective whether its worth it, its nice hearing my brothers opinion but he’s very much single and child free haha ? Super keen for a fresh start though 😊

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Hey! I moved from nsw to Adelaide (twice). To answer a couple of your questions, daycares are easier to get into here than NSW. Everything here is more affordable. There are plenty of playgroups, kindergyms, library activities and things to do in general with little kids. Adelaide is a very family oriented state. However I will say that socially, it's harder to slide into a community unlike NSW. Shoot me a message if you have anymore questions xx (I should add, I don't regret it! But I do miss family in NSW)

From Nz originally but we lived in Melbourne and moved back to Adelaide. Much easier here than in VIC for childcare and your support networks will grow. There are loads of baby sensory groups and rhyme time sessions at the public libraries where you can meet people. Hope the move goes well. Your baby will do fine, make the decision on what will be easier and more supportive environment for you. ♥️ good luck and let me know if there is anything I can help with

Heya, so the rental situation is about as crap as the rest of Australia but most of Adelaide is safe, even the "dodgy" areas are actually fine. For example, we are in Christie Downs and I'd only ever heard negative stories. But the people are so lovely and welcoming here. There are lots of FB groups to connect parents and there are playgroups everywhere. Making friends is challenging, I am still struggling to make friends and my toddler is two. But a lot of that's on my anxiety, not the people around me.