Our multi-cultural credentials are often touted as “world leading” by politicians and media. We’re certainly an increasingly mixed brew, as anyone returning to a major centre after a gap of some years would notice! New arrivals from China and Indian sub-continent are the most recent countries of origin for mass migration to Australia. These maps show the percent of the population who were born in China in 2016. An additional map for the Sydney region using Census 2006 figures, shows just how rapidly the major centres are changing character.
Postcodes with some persons born in China as a percent of total population NSW / ACT 2016
Zoomed in on Sydney..
Postcodes with some persons born in China as a percent of total population – Sydney region 2016
The same data and shading ten years ago..
Postcodes with some persons born in China as a percent of total population – Sydney region 2006
And for Tasmania..
Postcodes with some persons born in China as a percent of total population – Tasmania 2016
Where the only significant concentration is at the the University of Tasmania campus in Sandy Bay.
Postcodes with some persons born in China as a percent of total population – Hobart area 2016