Evelin

there is no doubt to which localities the Brits flock, they want to be amongst themselves

eg Butler (Perth) - Australians 2,698 and English 1,336
http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABS...ic=Birthplace&

Burns Beach (Perth) - Australians 118 and English 60

Iluka (Perth) - Australians 1,768 and English 1,209

Kinross (Perth) - Australians 3,789 and English 1,886

Mindarie (Perth) - Australians 3,006 and English 2,035

and so forth ....

NKSK version 2

Thanks for this. Very informative.

One thing which I find amazing is that if mean household income in Perth (not WA) is $1086 how the hell can they pay mean mortgages of $3000 per month?!!

Evelin

then have a look at the areas where housing costs are >30% in Perth. It's a lot. I don't know how they do it.

The youngster of today will receive only debts from their parents when they die ...

northernbird

It still amazes me that people expect anything from family when they die. When my mother died she had nothing therefore left nothing and I managed just fine,

Evelin

It might not be about expecting something, the kids might have to pay off dad's boat, 4WD, huge shiny bbq, the hols overseas, house, the parents funerals etc.

DrWho

Can you really inherit debts over here...? You can't in the UK unless you were a party to it before death...

Hutch

Never have understood that ... but whatever floats your boat, I guess.

NickyC

No you can't inherit debts here.

The estate pays any debts before anything is distributed to beneficiaries, so any debts will obviously reduce the amount to be passed on - but shortfalls are not passed on to next-of-kin etc.

NKSK version 2

Me neither. Homogeneity is crap whichever nationality is involved.

A really good mix of nationalities floats mine. I love looking at how different cultures parent, approach life, cook(!) and enjoy free-time.

Does this mean that I'm a voyeur or just a nosey bugger?

worzel

Carramar is 2437 vs 1505. In total 32% poms up from 26% last time. I thought it may have been even more.

A couple of things that took me by surprise:

I am one of just 11% that volunteer (residents association treasurer / webmaster) which is lower than the Perth average 16%.

Despite being a new suburb 61% of people have been in Aus more than 6 years and 37% over 15 years.

Evelin

there is another interesting table:

Monthly housing loan repayment
$3,000 and over, couples without children

1996 - 296 (no)
2001 - 940
2006 - 3,018

with children under 15, non-students
1996 - 399
2001 - 1.216
2006 - 4.225