robfromdublin Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I've just posted this in another thread but I think it's worthy of its own one. There is a new website that collates lots of information about suburbs in Australia (demographics, crime stats, school scores, number of cafes, etc. etc.) which could be very useful for people researching areas to explore prior to moving. To be clear, I have no affiliation with it, I just think it's cool and a great example of the power of collating data and presenting it well: https://www.microburbs.com.au/ They have a blog with metrics on 'cool' suburbs and 'family' suburbs, and you can even put in details about your preferred type of suburb and it will then spit out some recommendations. Do you want to pay $600k for a house, in a leafy suburb, surrounded by young families of tertiary-educated parents and good schools, but you don't care about having lots of cafes? You can fill that into a form and it will tell you where you want to move. Very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Have just had a look. Think it is a bit sad that one of the options for selecting your suburb is 'Almost all English speaking' - in combination with the 'university educated' choice we can select primarily white, well educated communities. Not so great for creating a cultural mix.... Perhaps people selecting these options should think about living in Britain. [sorry for hi-jacking your useful post] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robfromdublin Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Yeah I do too, but it's also being realistic in that people might want to seek out their own culture (Australian's in Shepherd's Bush). I also think that the data guys are just incorporating as much info as possible from the ABS stats, which includes this stuff. I would like to think that if a suburb ticks all boxes except 'university educated' then that would not be an issue for someone but maybe that's being idealistic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I don't think it is unreasonable to expect suburbs to be English speaking. Every suburb should be mostly English speaking. This isn't racist by the way. Why do you think the government makes people pass an English proficiency test before granting visas. (IELTS) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robfromdublin Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 I don't think it is unreasonable to expect suburbs to be English speaking.Every suburb should be mostly English speaking. This isn't racist by the way. Why do you think the government makes people pass an English proficiency test before granting visas. (IELTS) ? Every suburb will be mostly English speaking, and I agree it is reasonable to expect that, but the point is some will be ALL English speaking and some will have cultural hotspots that have high rates of English as a second language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 That's cool! Thanks! My burb is only 8/10 hip though ? maybe I should get a tattoo like Judi Dench just did, might raise us up the hipl factor rating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSteel Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Great share! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta2 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Indians and Chinese make up the majority of the current migrant intake. About 40,000 a year for Indians, 27,000 for Chinese and 23,000 for Brits. Maybe the Pom component will be going up soon? Incidentally, both former PM Rudd and current PM Turnbull have half Chinese grandchidren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eera Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Seriously uncool (6/10 hip), but very leafy here. And after english (98%), the next most common language is Thai. Korp koon ka! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Just had a look at mine old place. It did what I expected. Dawesville is one suburb that should really be classed as two - opposite sides of the main road. One is an old area with lots of rambling blocks and a fair few are fibro. The other is new and big houses. Both are totally different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithmove7 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Brilliant post robfromdublin Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 My suburb is lovely according to this. Of course its not completely accurate for shopping and eateries etc. We have a lot more than stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta2 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Mine got 9/10 for everything except "hip". Only 7 for that. Fine with me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Mine got 9/10 for everything except "hip". Only 7 for that. Fine with me.... Little old Devonport got 9/10 for tranquillity and community but not much for the rest. Also fine with me. :smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Great site, very interesting. Thanks! For community mine got 10 which made me wonder how they worked it out. I would be looking for a non-hip place if I had a young family- who wants tattoo parlours? Mine was 7 for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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