The Perth Thread

[The Speaker]

Just checked on Wiki- about 3000 of 18500 students are international. I'm positive that it used to be higher but definitely cannot prove the 80% I mentioned above.

Perhaps it was 80% of the INTERNATIONAL students were Chinese? That sounds a lot better.

Wouldn't surprise me.

Curtin claims that a third of it's students are from overseas, although about a fifth of all Australians today are from overseas as well.

 

[The_Reaper]

The_Reaper

I'm from Booragoon not Chingthrop

 

[Forward Press]

Just checked on Wiki- about 3000 of 18500 students are international. I'm positive that it used to be higher but definitely cannot prove the 80% I mentioned above.

Perhaps it was 80% of the INTERNATIONAL students were Chinese? That sounds a lot better.

Might be correct, I do know there's a metric f***ton of PRC students here.

lol

Speaking of Asian investors- I understand that they steer clear of buying houses with #4 (unlucky) in their number. And several houses have been renumbered because of this- sort of like #13 with Caucasians.

Properties here bought by Chinese investors are just fronts for money laundering and corruption by Communist Party officials and their families anyway.

Source: me.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

lol

Speaking of Asian investors- I understand that they steer clear of buying houses with #4 (unlucky) in their number. And several houses have been renumbered because of this- sort of like #13 with Caucasians.

4 in chinese sounds like the word for "death". That is why they feel it is unlucky. There is no Level 4 in some apartments and hotels in China. It either becomes Level 3A or just skip straight to Level 5. I wonder if they understand that you can call it what you want but it is still the 4th floor in the building.

 

[Teriyakicat]

I'm from Booragoon not Chingthrop

Hmm... Boorangoon... RANGOON- formerly known as the capital of Burma...

 

[kfc1]

Not true, but Chinese do make up the majority of international students in universities in WA, definitely.

The percentages of Asian-born people living in the Murdoch to Cannington ara is definitely high but I wouldn't call it suburban Asia, it's still fairly low-ish at about 15-20%, tops.

Source: did research on this in uni.

Got stats on Aus-born asians as well?
Its definitely the vibe of the area
I have a theory that anglo aussies tend to stay inside the house or car whereas asians are more likely to be out and about in the street so u observe more asians driving around

 

[Teriyakicat]

4 in chinese sounds like the word for "death". That is why they feel it is unlucky. There is no Level 4 in some apartments and hotels in China. It either becomes Level 3A or just skip straight to Level 5. I wonder if they understand that you can call it what you want but it is still the 4th floor in the building.

Yeah- similarly, I think some hotels don't have a #13 or #13th floor in them.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Got stats on Aus-born asians as well?
Its definitely the vibe of the area
I have a theory that anglo aussies tend to stay inside the house or car whereas asians are more likely to be out and about in the street so u observe more asians driving around

maybe they like shopping

 

[The Speaker]

I'm from Booragoon not Chingthrop

Oh, then I may have to change my Real Golden Triangle.

 

[Forward Press]

Got stats on Aus-born asians as well?
Its definitely the vibe of the area
I have a theory that anglo aussies tend to stay inside the house or car whereas asians are more likely to be out and about in the street so u observe more asians driving around

No, the database I used didn't have that data, but it is probably correct to surmise that would inflate the 'Asian' percentage.

Yeah, I subscribe to your theory too re: Anglo vs Asian typical activities resulting in different levels of visibility. Demographics is a fascinating area.

 

[The_Reaper]

Hmm... Boorangoon... RANGOON- formerly known as the capital of Burma...

Booragon is next to Winthrop but is majority white by a long way.

Winthrop would be at least 30% Chinese ethnicity though most are from SEA

 

[Forward Press]

Oh, then I may have to change my Real Golden Triangle.

Good work The Speaker.

I would personally move the left point of the triangle towards Melville as Myaree and Booragoon have very high %s there, but otherwise hard to dispute.

 

[The_Reaper]

Good work The Speaker.

I would personally move the left point of the triangle towards Melville as Myaree and Booragoon have very high %s there, but otherwise hard to dispute.

Booragoon appears a lot higher than it is because of people from Winthrop etc going to Garbo

 

[Forward Press]

Booragoon appears a lot higher than it is because of people from Winthrop etc going to Garbo

Residentially, though, it is still fairly high-ish. There is a sharp drop as you get towards Freo and Applecross though, definitely. You are correct in that there is a massive concentration around Chinthrop and Lee Ming.

Edit - I should clarify the data I used, I assumed that the majority of migrants from Malaysia were Chinese Malaysian. Perhaps there are more Malay or Indian Malaysians there. Also bear in mind that ABCs are counted as Australian even though they appear Chinese.

 

[The_Reaper]

Applecross SHS draws from Ardross, Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Winthrop primary schools and I think Brentwood. Maybe Attadale but I don't think so.

And my year still had people from other schools who got in through the academic program which soon got scrapped.

There were a handful of Asians from Booragoon, Ardross etc and the intake from Winthrop was majority Asian

 

[Forward Press]

Applecross SHS draws from Ardross, Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Winthrop primary schools and I think Brentwood. Maybe Attadale but I don't think so.

And my year still had people from other schools who got in through the academic program which soon got scrapped.

There were a handful of Asians from Booragoon, Ardross etc and the intake from Winthrop was majority Asian

I don't doubt that. Maybe my post edit will clarify what I meant.

 

[The_Reaper]

Residentially, though, it is still fairly high-ish. There is a sharp drop as you get towards Freo and Applecross though, definitely. You are correct in that there is a massive concentration around Chinthrop and Lee Ming.

Edit - I should clarify the data I used, I assumed that the majority of migrants from Malaysia were Chinese Malaysian. Perhaps there are more Malay or Indian Malaysians there. Also bear in mind that ABCs are counted as Australian even though they appear Chinese.

Majority is mainly Chinese Malaysian like my mother (I'm ABC).

 

[The Speaker]

Good work The Speaker.

I would personally move the left point of the triangle towards Melville as Myaree and Booragoon have very high %s there, but otherwise hard to dispute.

It doesn't quite work in reality, as, without being an expert in the field, I'd say it's more to do with the major roads than anything.

South of the Canning River, north of Roe Highway and Farrington Road, east of North Lake Road and south of Leach Highway.

I don't think it's coincidence that the area is also one of the nicer ones to live in, without being upper class.

 

[The_Reaper]

It doesn't quite work in reality, as, without being an expert in the field, I'd say it's more to do with the major roads than anything.

South of the Canning River, north of Roe Highway and Farrington Road, east of North Lake Road and south of Leach Highway.

I don't think it's coincidence that the area is also one of the nicer ones to live in.

And most importantly, around 10-15 years ago Rossmoyne and Applecross were possibly the two best public schools in the state.

Though Applecross has gone to the dogs

 

[The Speaker]

And most importantly, around 10-15 years ago Rossmoyne and Applecross were possibly the two best public schools in the state.

Though Applecross has gone to the dogs

Has it? Perhaps Willetton took its place, although as far as I'm aware Willetton's been good a for a long time as well.

 

[Forward Press]

Majority is mainly Chinese Malaysian like my mother (I'm ABC).

Obviously your anecdotal data and my statistical data conflict a little. Meh, not a big thing.

It doesn't quite work in reality, as, without being an expert in the field, I'd say it's more to do with the major roads than anything.

South of the Canning River, north of Roe Highway and Farrington Road, east of North Lake Road and south of Leach Highway.

I don't think it's coincidence that the area is also one of the nicer ones to live in, without being upper class.

Historically, migrant communities tended to settle where there was already a population of migrants from their own ethnicity and country, which explains why a lot are there in the Golden Triangle/Quadrangle/whatever. In my research and studies, though, the best explanation I can come up with as to why they chose that area in the first place is because in the 1970s, when the White Australia Policy began getting phased out, that area was the outskirts of metro Perth and it was cheaper and easier to settle there. It also explains why the first Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s settled in Mirrabooka/Balga/Girrawheen etc.

 

[The_Reaper]

Has it? Perhaps Willetton took its place, although as far as I'm aware Willetton's been good a for a long time as well.

Got beat by Albany two years in a row now and no longer in the top 50.

Always see Applecross students in Garbo during school hours all the time now, which used to be pretty heavily clamped down on when I was a student.

And the Maccas giraffe in garbo was stolen by Applecross students from what I heard

 

[Forward Press]

And most importantly, around 10-15 years ago Rossmoyne and Applecross were possibly the two best public schools in the state.

Though Applecross has gone to the dogs

Has it? Perhaps Willetton took its place, although as far as I'm aware Willetton's been good a for a long time as well.

All are still in the top 10 public schools in Perth. Perth Mod siphoned up a lot of them, though.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Booragon is next to Winthrop but is majority white by a long way.

Winthrop would be at least 30% Chinese ethnicity though most are from SEA

Yeah, I shop at Booragoon- was just having a bit of a joke

Winthrop is plenty expen$ive and full of man$ions- that might explain why there are so many Asians there, rather than in the more affordable Booragoon (full of older people, perhaps? Pre-influx of Asians who've come to study or work, etc.?). I know of students who live there- in huge mansions- but their parents both live overseas and I also know of women who live there but their hubbies work mainly o/s. I know more rich Indonesians than Chinese, though I assume the same would apply to both countries.

When my eldest son went to school, I think there were about 2 Asians in his year group (<10%). 8-9 years later, when my youngest went to school, her class would've been 25% Asian.
My eldest daughter had so many Asian friends that she joined the Asian club at UWA

 

[Teriyakicat]

All are still in the top 10 public schools in Perth. Perth Mod siphoned up a lot of them, though.

Not too hard for Perth Mod to do that- they exclusively take kids in the top 5% of the state. They SHOULD cream all of the schools!!