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Sydney’s CALD Communities in 2011: Using the Census

Sydney’s CALD Communities in 2011: Using the Census. Case studies: 2 local government areas (LGAs) – City of Sydney & Auburn City Council Established culturally & linguistically diverse communities (CALD): Speakers of Arabic (Auburn) and Cantonese (Sydney) Emerging CALD communities:

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Sydney’s CALD Communities in 2011: Using the Census

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  1. Sydney’s CALD Communities in 2011: Using the Census • Case studies: 2 local government areas (LGAs) – City of Sydney & Auburn City Council • Established culturally & linguistically diverse communities (CALD): • Speakers of Arabic (Auburn) and Cantonese (Sydney) • Emerging CALD communities: - Speakers of Nepali (Auburn) and Thai (Sydney)

  2. Note: Persons who did not state year of arrival were excluded from study Source: ABS (2012a)

  3. Note: Persons who did not state year of arrival were excluded from study Source: ABS (2012a)

  4. Source: ABS (2012b)

  5. Note: Households that did not stated their tenure or landlord type were excluded from study. Source: ABS (2012a)

  6. Note: Individuals that did not stated their tenure or landlord type were excluded from study. Source: ABS (2012a)

  7. Ways to use/peruse ABS Census data • Scales of difficulty: • Beginners: Quickstats, Community Profiles, Aust. Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publications. • Intermediate: Tablebuilder Basic, Tablebuilder Pro • Advanced: Statistical packages (IBM’s SPSS or freeware PSPP), mapping software (MapInfo)

  8. RELATIVE PROPORTIONS: Council areas ranked by their proportion of speakers of languages other than English (LOTE) Source: ABS (2012a)

  9. ABSOLUTE VOLUMES: Council areas ranked according to number of people from non-English speaking backgrounds Source: ABS (2012a)

  10. Year of Arrival in Australia for language groups across Greater Sydney Source: ABS (2012a)

  11. Income – City of Sydney Individual pre-tax income. Low Income: Negative income to $399 per week; Lower-Middle Income: $400 to $999 per week; Upper-Middle Income: $1,000 to $1,499 per week; High income: $1,500 to over $2,000 per week. Note: Individuals that did not state their income were excluded from study. Source: ABS (2012a)

  12. Individual pre-tax income. Low Income: Negative income to $399 per week; Lower-Middle Income: $400 to $999 per week; Upper-Middle Income: $1,000 to $1,499 per week; High income: $1,500 to over $2,000 per week. Note: Individuals that did not state their income were excluded from study. Source: ABS (2012a)

  13. English proficiency – “how well do you speak English?” Source: ABS (2012a)

  14. Alternative approaches to Census research • Different time scale – using Time Series data to describe patterns & trends from 2001-2011. • Different geographic scale – focusing on Sydney/Australia as a whole; using data for mesh blocks/SA1s for information on smaller scale • Other demographic variables: family composition, disability, industry of occupation, method & distance of transport etc.

  15. Limitations to the Census • Incomplete data – prevalence of ‘not stated’ or ‘inadequately described’ in some categories • Subjective interpretation of questions • Suspicion of official data collection & perceived confidentiality issues • Need to request non-English questionnaires • Assumption of honest information

  16. Alternative data sources - DIAC • Continuous Survey of Australia’s Migrants (CSAM): ongoing, surveying every 6 months since April 2009, data available for 2009-2011. • Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants in Australia (LSIA): three cohorts of migrants from 1993-1995, 1999-2000 and 2004-2005 • LSIA 1 & 2 featured humanitarian visa applicants, LSIA 3 & CSAM limited to skilled & family visas • Humanitarian applicants featured in 2011 DIAC commissioned report: Australian Survey Research (2011) Settlement Outcomes of New Arrivals, DIAC: Canberra.

  17. LSIA data for Cohort 1 (1993-94) & Cohort 2 (1999-2000): Reasons for migrating to Australia (more than one reason could be given) Source: Richardson, Miller-Lewis et. al. (2002), p.13.

  18. References • Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012a), ‘Sydney (C)’ and ‘Auburn (C)’, 2011 Census of Population and Housing, tables generated for topics listed below using TableBuilder program, cat. no. 2031.0, accessed August-November 2012, <https://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml> • Language Spoken at Home by Place of Usual Residence • Language Spoken at Home by Age by Place of Usual Residence • Language Spoken at Home by Total Personal Weekly Income by Place of Usual Residence • Language Spoken at Home by English Proficiency by Place of Usual Residence • Language Spoken at Home by Year of Arrival in Australia by Place of Usual Residence • Tenure Type by Place of Usual Residence • Landlord Type by Place of Usual Residence • Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012b), TableBuilder, website, viewed 12 March 2013, <https://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml> • Australian Survey Research (2011) Settlement Outcomes of New Arrivals, DIAC: Canberra. • Richardson, S., Miller-Lewis, L., Ngo, P. and Illsey, D. (2002), The Settlement Experience of Migrants: A comparison of Wave One of LSIA 1 and LSIA 2, DIMIA: Canberra.

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