Australians hail from some 220 countries but only 37 countries feature on a map of each postcode’s most populous overseas-born group. Is yours one?
For the first time, millennials and boomers are facing off in roughly equal numbers across the nation. But, across our capital cities, hundreds of neighbourhoods have already changed hands.
Other millennial strongholds include West Melbourne ; Docklands ; Sydney and Haymarket and Waterloo . If a territory ruled by children under 10 sounds like your worst nightmare, take comfort. Alphas — born 2011-present — who form just 7.5 per cent of the population, is yet to claim a majority in any capital city postcode.
The division of territory between the generations comes down to where people can afford to live, given their stage of life and housing needs, according to demographers. "In other areas, we see a pattern of ageing where, in the past, this is where young families moved. Many of those families have continued to live on in that area, and the parents' ages have increased," Professor Parr says.
It's a pattern mirrored elsewhere, and perhaps part of the reason the reality TV series Farmer Wants a Wife — where farmers choose a wife from a selection of women from the city — had such global appeal.Industrial and agricultural work, which tends to be done by men, is more common in regional Australia while service, retail, clerical and professional jobs, which are more likely to be done by women, are closely tied to cities.
Bethania in Logan City Council, for example, has roughly a dozen retirement villages and a ratio of just 80.7 men per 100 women, the lowest of any greater capital city postcode with at least 100 residents. This includes one in five postcodes where non-believers are the majority, an ABC analysis of census figures has found.
This is especially true among younger generations, who believe very strongly in "secular norms" around respecting diversity, especially LGBTQ and transgender communities, Dr Halafoff adds. "It could be that the types of people who migrate through high-skilled programs … are more likely to be atheist since, in general, people who have more education are more likely to be atheist … For example, many Chinese immigrants are atheist and many enter on skilled migrant visas."
Melbourne's 17 top countries of birth outside Australia include Sri Lanka , Pakistan and North Macedonia .Look closely at regional and remote Australia and you'll find outposts of people born in Brazil, Myanmar, Samoa, Scotland, Thailand, the Netherlands and Zimbabwe, to name a handful. "Migrants take a massive risk in coming to a new country, so they seek to maximise their education and employment opportunities, and also find a community that supports their cultural practices," Dr Allen says.
The largest share held by a migrant group from one country in any postcode is one third: in Cabramatta in Sydney's south-west , where those born in Vietnam make up 33.2 per cent of residents; and Parramatta in Sydney's west, where those born in India account for 33 per cent of residents.
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