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Inter-ethnic partnerships: remaking urban ethnic diversity

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posted on 2024-11-14, 18:38 authored by Alexander Tindale, Natascha KlockerNatascha Klocker, Christopher GibsonChristopher Gibson
Inter-ethnic couples are a growing population with unique and understudied residential geographies. Using customised 2006 Census data for the Greater Sydney region, we investigate the prevalence and geographic distribution of a socially significant subset of cohabiting inter-ethnic couples: ethnic majority-minority couples. These couples are comprised of an Anglo/European or ('white') Australian partner and a partner from a 'visible' ethnic minority group. We find that ethnic majority-minority couples are most concentrated in inner-city areas of moderate ethnic diversity and high socio-economic status; and are more residentially dispersed than their respective ethnic minority groups. Inter-ethnic partnership appears to alter the residential geographies of ethnic minority groups. By shifting the scale of analysis from the individual to the household, our findings complicate established understandings of the ethnic geographies of Australian cities.

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Tindale, A., Klocker, N. & Gibson, C. (2014). Inter-ethnic partnerships: remaking urban ethnic diversity. Urban Policy and Research, 32 (4), 393-415.

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Urban Policy and Research

Volume

32

Issue

4

Pagination

393-415

Language

English

RIS ID

89831

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