Suburban multicultural hubs are on the rise, with overseas-born residents accounting for more than 50 per cent of the population in some suburbs.
An analysis of Census statistics by RP Data research director Tim Lawless has found Robertson, in Brisbane’s south, is home to the highest proportion of overseas-born residents, with migrants comprising 58 per cent of its population.
Mr Lawless said the majority of foreign-born residents were from mainland China and Hong Kong.
“Robertson was followed by Stretton, with 55 per cent of the population born overseas, also mainly from China and Hong Kong,” he said.
“The Brisbane CBD comes in as the third highest suburb based on residents born overseas. This would be due to the high number of international students that reside within inner-city accommodation.”
Rocky Lee and his parents, Ming Lau and Yiu Lee, have recently moved to Stretton.
Hong Kong-born Mr Lee said he and his family had lived in Carindale, in the city’s southeast, since they arrived in Brisbane about 10 years ago, but had wanted to move to the Stretton area because of its multicultural reputation.
“And I think it’s also got a reputation as a prestigious area,” Mr Lee said.
Louis Soh, of Yong Real Estate, based on Brisbane’s southside, said the majority of his clients were born overseas.
“I would say that about 60 per cent are from overseas,” Mr Soh said.
He said migrants, particularly those from China and Hong Kong, were attracted to the southside because of its standing as an Asian hub.
“There’s the Chinese shopping centre in Sunnybank and a lot of people have relatives here,” Mr Soh said.
Mr Lawless said migrant clusters were evident throughout Brisbane.
Darra and Richlands, in the city’s southwest, hold the largest migrant clusters – Vietnam-born residents account for 17 per cent of the suburbs’ total population.
The second largest cluster was the Chinese community living in Sunnybank, with 9.3 per cent of the overall population, while South Africans living in Anstead account for 6.2 per cent of the total population.
Conversely, Ipswich, which forms part of the greater Brisbane area, is home to the most Australian-born residents.
More than 93 per cent of the population in Purga, Deebing Heights and Tallegalla were born in Australia.
The Australian Demographic Statistics report shows more migrants settled in Australia last year than in any other period in history.
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Just goes to show APARTHEID is a natural process,
The old Afrikaners who ruled South Africa had got the balance right and every race was happy in there own areas, all the problems start when you try to mix everybody up.
Those countries who condemmed APARTHEID are slowly coming to realise only now it wasn`t a bad idea after all.
I am a black American man and I like the concept of apartheid in American with one exception.It won’t work very well in the black communities in the U.S.A. so what is to be done about integrating blacks?I live in Louisville,KY for seven months of the year and when I watch the news on tv,most of the violent crime is done on the west end of Louisville and in the down town area and the criminals are almost always black men and women.The victims are of any race.
Do you think that the Scandinavian countries and England will ever learn and try having apartheid?There are Muslim communities increasing in population from Muslim countries as refugees and asylum seekers in these countries.I remember when there were protestors demanding that academic institutions and corporations dis-invest from South Africa and the results were high black and brown unemployment thanks to liberals from these countries and America.That was in the early 80’s.I remember that very well.