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Mapping immigrants' birth places

We developed these maps to reveal the birthplaces of the biggest immigrant populations in suburbs and towns across Australia.

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Sector
Media
Client
SBS
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UPDATED: Where do immigrants come from?

How culturally diverse is Australia?

As proud Sydneysiders, Small Multiples loves our multicultural city. So we developed these maps to reveal the birthplaces of the biggest immigrant populations in suburbs and towns across Australia.

Sydney

Countries are colour-coded by Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) regions

  • Southern and Eastern Europe
  • North-West Europe
  • North Africa and the Middle East
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South-East Asia
  • North-East Asia
  • Southern and Central Asia
  • Oceania and Antarctica
  • Americas

Melbourne

Countries are colour-coded by SACC regions

  • Southern and Eastern Europe
  • North-West Europe
  • North Africa and the Middle East
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South-East Asia
  • North-East Asia
  • Southern and Central Asia
  • Oceania and Antarctica
  • Americas

Thanks to @davebraith, these maps were published on SBS News and attracted massive amount of online audience. (reddit)

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