The working from home movement and a soaring property market have seen more and more Australians selling up in our capital cities and moving to regional areas.

Poky inner-city apartments across state capitals can often go for the same price as a sprawling property in rural Australia, but while your strata board might take control of any building problems you have, you're on your own in the regions.

And that's a concern for Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA), who fear former city dwellers aren't prepared for one of the biggest dangers as we near what is expected to be a challenging fire season.

"We can't have a truck in every driveway," CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan warned. "By doing things now like clearing your gutters, pruning trees, moving woodpiles, and mowing grass you really help our firefighters, but you also give yourself and your property the best chance for survival."

The warning comes as statistics reveal Aussies are continuing to leave cities in droves.

Greater Geelong in Victoria overtook Queensland's Sunshine Coast to become the country's most popular destination for internal movers, according to the latest Regional Movers Index (RMI).

The Victorian city now claims 9.3 per cent of the nation's total net internal migration, nudging past the Sunshine Coast's 8.9 per cent share and ending its two-year reign at the top.

The report, a partnership between the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) and the Commonwealth Bank, revealed in May that capital-to-regional moves were up nearly 11 per cent and 20.5 per cent higher than pre-Covid levels.

But as city dwellers move to the country, there are fears that residents are "complacent" about the risks of bushfires. A CFA community survey revealed 85 per cent of residents in high-risk areas still don't have a bushfire survival plan written, and 50 per cent perceived the threat to be "small" or "very small".

For Heffernan, that is a cause for real concern. "Especially with forecasts pointing to a challenging fire season across many parts of Victoria," he said.

Kalista Fire Brigade volunteer Talor Robertson, who moved to a heavily forested block of land in the area after living in a "concrete box" in Collingwood, says there's an expectation for residents to be ready for the worst-case scenario.

"It's not the same as living in Melbourne, and people need to be aware of that before moving," he said.

Victoria's CFA has urged residents to prepare their properties in the following ways: