Modelling the spatial dynamics of Mainland China-born migrants in Australia
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Article Title | Modelling the spatial dynamics of Mainland China-born migrants in Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 2002 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Wang, Siqin, Sigler, Thomas, Corcoran, Jonathan and Liu, Yan |
Journal Title | Australian Geographer |
Journal Citation | 50 (2), pp. 201-219 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 03 Apr 2019 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0004-9182 |
1465-3311 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2018.1508542 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00049182.2018.1508542 |
Abstract | Over the past two decades, migration from Mainland China (MC) to Australia has become increasingly significant. In contrast to previous migrant waves, post-2000 MC-born migrants in Australia are more likely to be highly skilled and/or financially independent, and often migrate under skilled, business and investment visa programs. Though scholarship has explored various facets of MC-born migrants’ settlement in Australian cities, the spatial dynamics of settlement, and change over time associated with these shifts in socio-economic profile, have remained unexplored. This paper draws on three census periods, and employs a local indicator of spatial autocorrelation together with a geographically weighted regression. We conclude that the settlement patterns of MC-born migrants in Australia do not follow the ‘straight-line’ assumptions of spatial assimilation theory, nor are they tied explicitly to socio-economic factors in the majority of capital cities. Instead, the settlement patterns of MC-born migrants vary by city: Sydney and Melbourne display the most spatially segmented settlement patterns; while Adelaide and Perth exhibit increasing levels of concentration as the number of MC-born migrants grows. Results indicate that while MC-born migrants are somewhat likely to cluster at the early stage of group formation, within-group spatial patterns are articulated by social attributes as the group grows in size and significance in a metropolitan context. |
Keywords | MC-born migrant; ethnic concentration; geographically weighted regression; spatial evolution; residential pattern; Australia |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
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