Do you think this forum is a good representation of the Australian.........

[the_bob_delusion]

population?

If not, what group(or opinions) do you think we have an over/under- representation of?

Clearly we have way too many cat lovers on here:|

[moaningmyrtle11]

Where has cheekyone gone?

[viewmont1071]

You must not have looked that hard in Coffs... as a local I can tell you the population demographic google... Coffs Harbour Sudanese.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/07/08/3264373.htm

https://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=ethiopia+sudan+coffs+harbour&oq=ethiopia+sudan+coffs+harbour&gs_l=hp.12...0.0.1.870.0.0.0.0.0.0.1977.1977.8-1.1.0.les%3B..0.0...1c..5.psy-ab.otWkdTCA3Wk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.dGY&fp=72b9c73243d0bb8d&biw=1024&bih=609

My daughters best friend is Ethiopian

http://www.topix.com/forum/world/australia/TRPDNL5LB40MVOPCS

Woopy has the largest regional Sikh population in Australia

Woolgoolga has the largest regional Sikh/Punjabi population in Australia,[5] and they are now said to own 90% of the banana farms.[6]

In 1999 the Zhou Gan Tou popped ashore just down the road at Scotts Head.. The boat people's "invasion" gave themselves away as asiatic people in ill fitting suits, meagre english and no shoes are not the normal early morning beach walking gear or persona that you see around this area

....roll on 15 years......

this morning if the Zou Ghan Tou landed at Scotts Head then it's odds on that most of the boat people would slip away into and blend with the crowd because "foreigners" in ill fitting clothes doing "unusual" things have become part and parcel of living in this tourist area....

[i-need-a-martini]

You must not have looked that hard in Coffs... as a local I can tell you the population demographic google... Coffs Harbour Sudanese.

A relative smattering of non anglo saxons is not representative of Australias cultural mix.

Here is the latest Coffs profile from the 2011 Census:

The proportion of residents in the Coffs Harbour local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo exceeded 82%. This compares to the national average at 62% and the greater Sydney average of 41%.

80.7% of people living in Coffs Harbour were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.5%.

88.3% of people speak English as their first language 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Punjabi, 0.4% German, 0.4% Dinka, 0.3% French. India .06%, Germany 0.5%,Scotland 0.4%.

88.3% of people speak English as their first language 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Punjabi, 0.4% German, 0.4% Dinka, 0.3% French.

0.4% of the population speak Dinka. That means (as per the 2011 census) you have 283 Sudanese living in your city. Not exactly a flood of migrants although I admit they are more visible than your average anglo saxon.

I am not suggesting that their aren't different races living in regional areas. But in comparison to a city like Sydney or Melbourne, regional areas and country towns are far, FAR less representative of the national make-up.

[viewmont1071]

there would be 200 in the city centre mall right now ..... I guess the other 83 must be still asleep 😐

I am guessing at the next census 2000 plus

[viewmont1071]

http://atlas.id.com.au/coffs-harbour/

Analysis

In 2011, 18.3% of Coffs Harbour City's overseas born population were new migrants compared to 14.5% in Regional NSW.

In 2011, 44.6% of City of Parramatta's population was born overseas compared to 34.2% in Greater Sydney.

While City of Parramatta had a higher proportion of persons born in a country other than Australia, it is important to note that this varied across the City.

Proportions ranged from a low of 25.3% in Old Toongabbie to a high of 70.3% in Harris Park.

[moaningmyrtle11]

I am not suggesting that their aren't different races living in regional areas. But in comparison to a city like Sydney or Melbourne, regional areas and country towns are far, FAR less representative of the national make-up.

Isn't the national make-up made up of regional and urban populations? Therefore the capital city polulations also are not a fair representation of the nation??? You've confused me, not hard to do I admit. 😐

[i-need-a-martini]

Perhaps I will remind both viewmont amd moaningmyrtle that I am replying in context to my post quite early in this thread where I specifically said: Altho on saying that, most regional areas and country towns aren't particularly multicultural compared to the cities.

I am comparing regional centres and country town to cities and I made particular mention of Sydney and Melbourne as they are the 2 cities that are most migrant intensive.

[moaningmyrtle11]

Perhaps it seems that way because ethnic groups gravitate  to particular areas/suburbs, whereas the ethnic community is dispersed amongst the general population in country towns.

[i-need-a-martini]

I think it is a matter of ratios moaningmyrtle.

You are more likely to notice a Sudanese man walking into a small regional mall when there are only a hundred or so other people shopping who are generally of the same race in comparison to noticing ten Sudanese walking around Parramatta Westfield where there are thousands of people shopping all of different races.

And if same Sudanese man spends an hour or 2 visiting multiple shops and you keep seeing him, it might feel like your town has been swamped! 😄

[lis351]

Perth (city to Joondalup every day for 3 days)

:^O What did you expect a half hour train ride to show you?? If you were looking for cultural diversity, you were heading in the wrong direction. :^O