It's well known that Perth has a lot of Poms! As
Wikipedia states:
Perth's population is notable for the high proportion of British-born
residents. At the 2006 Census, 142,424 British-born Perth residents
were counted,[51] narrowly behind Sydney (145,261),[52] despite having
just 35% of the overall population of Sydney.
And like other ethnic and cultural groups, those hailing from the
British Isles tend to gravitate to the same suburbs. I'd long known that
the southern centre of Rockingham had a large limey population. That's
where many of my close British relatives had moved to, after all.
But it seems that Poms are flocking to another section of the city
as well.
According to last year's census, the seven most English suburbs in
Australia are all located along Perth's northern coastal strip.
The new suburb of Jindalee tops the list with 36.6 per cent, Mindarie
has 27.3, Connolly 27, Burns Beach 26.9, Carramar 24 per cent, Butler
23.45 per cent and Tapping 22 per cent. When you add the Scots and Welsh
into the mix, it's higher. And when the Australian-born children of
these expats are subtracted, second-generation Aussies are thin on the
ground.
It's interesting that both the
northern and southern
Pommy hubs are quite a way from the CBD. And they are also close to the
beach. Conditions in such spacious areas are surely a far cry from those in
cramped, often damp Britain. It seems that the Brits moving there are really relishing the
vast difference in lifestyle that these suburbs offer.