Asian immigration changing Melbourne's face

August 24, 2007 12:00am

SETTLERS from Asia are transforming Melbourne's suburbs amid a migration boom in recent years, new Census figures show.

More than 182,000 migrants, including 47,000 people born in China and India, have poured into the city over the past five years.

Suburbs such as Clayton and Dandenong have become Little Delhis and Beijings, with new arrivals joining established communities.

By contrast, the number of Australian-born residents in those areas has sharply declined over the same time ...

About 24,000 Chinese, including those born in Hong Kong, have made Melbourne their home since 2001 ...

A significant Sudanese community is developing in Greater Dandenong, with 1656 people at the 2006 Census ...

He said Melbourne's ethnic landscape was changing rapidly. It lured about a quarter of the 160,000 migrants who came to Australia in 2006-07 ...

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