Internal migration and the Australian urban system

McKay, John P.; Whitelaw, J. S.

doi:10.1016/0305-9006(78)90004-1

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“…Thus, the reduced out-migration from non-metropolitan regions portrayed in this paper between 1971 and 1976 may be regarded as a perpetuation of this trend. In addition, as has already been indicated, because certain of the migration flows are of an extremely age-specific nature (McKay and Whitelaw, 1978), it may well be that a proportion of the improvement in non-metropolitan migration rates can be accounted for by the changes to regional age structures between the two study periods. At the same time, account must also be taken of the lagged effects arising from changes to the levels of net overseas migration to Australia.…”

Section: Regional Internal Migration Ratesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Recent changes in migration patterns in Australia

1980

Australian Geographical Studies

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The purpose of this paper is t o establish the extent to which recent population movements in Australia conform to a trend, hypothesised by theory and supported by empirical evidence from a number of more developed countries, towards dispersal from metropolitan-dominated core regions. To this end, attention is focussed upon a preliminary analysis of changes in net internal migration rates between 1966-71 and 197 1-76 within the metropolitan and non-metropolitan regions of Australia. It is believed that this temporal and spatial analysis provides interpretative insights into contemporary, dynamic demographic adjustments within Australia over and above those to be gained by simply examining regional variations in population growth rates. PROCESSES OF POLARISATlON A N D DISPERSALUnilinear development stage theories postulate that there are systematic inter-relationships between development and space, such that the evolution of spatial structure proceeds from a largely concentrated pattern to one that is more spatially dispersed (Friedmann, 1973, 83).Specifically, it is asserted that, with the onset of industrialisation. economic growth appears in those regions which possess superior inherent resource or comparative locational advantages.Thereafter, polarisation-the propensity for incremental regional growth to arrange itself in clusters or to be drawn towards existing centres (Parr, 1973, 183)-of economic activity and population in this limited number of regions will proceed apace. Under the free play of market forces, population will be pushed from peripheral regions of impediment and pulled to core regions of opportunity. It is in these latter regions that numerous internal conditions favourable for increased economic expansion-ini tial advantages, the coincidence of national centres of production and consumption, access to government and tertiary and quaternary institutions, generative forces of invention and innovation, external scale economies, the operation of Keynesian and technological multipliers and the attainment of successively higher market thresholds-act in a self-reinforcing and cumulative manner to sustain virtuous circles of growth and the consequent attraction t o them of further flows of factors ofproduction, including labour (Stohr, 1974, 13-20), Subsequently, however, it is suggested that the more effective and progressive spatial integration of economy and society will lead, at some stage, to the diffusion of population and economic activity from core toperiphery (Richardson, 1973,138-39). Such diffusion can be seen

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Section: Regional Internal Migration Ratesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Recent changes in migration patterns in Australia

1980

Australian Geographical Studies

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“…The results formed the basis of a number of studies of broad internal migrationpattems in Australia (McKay and Whitelaw, 1978;Rowland, 1979) but did notallowpatternsofinfra-wrhznmobilitytobe analysed in detail. In 1976, however, the census questions relating to migration were reworded and respondents were asked to specify the actual address of each member of the household one and five years previously.…”

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Residential Mobility in Perth, 1971–86: The Impact of Age-Specific Net Migration

Houghton¹

1993

Urban Policy and Research

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This paper examines residential mobility in the Perth metropolitan area over the period 1971-86. Following a brief review of the Australian literature and an analysis of trends over time, the spatial impact of agespecific net migration is examined by means of a subregional classification of Statistical Local Areas. It is concluded that there is a need to preserve adequate amounts of low cost rental accommodation in inner city areas but that urban consolidation may, in future, reduce the volume of intra-urban mobility by encouraging a greater diversity of housing at the local level.

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“…Part of the explanation for these differences can be found by reference to the industiies in which particular occupational groups are employed. The matiices avaUable for tius study do not cross-classify industry by occupation but a cross-tabulation from the 1986 Census helps to clarify tiie associations (Table 8. Whitelaw 1978Whitelaw , 1981. Table 8.13 reveals a number of other associations between occupation and industry which go some way to explaining differences in tiie propensity to move.…”

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“…The increase is particularly accentuated for intersfete moves, with a 14.7 per cent increase in the mobility rate compared with 3.1 per cent for moves within the same sfete. Source: ABS (1984cABS ( , 1976ABS ( and 1986 Censuses, xmpublished data), McKay & Whitelaw (1978) Note 1: Percentages in this table are calculated by reference to totals shown which is number of usual residents at the end of the interval (less those who were overseas or did not state their usual residence at the start of the period) and hence differ from the rates shown in Table 4.5 which are based on the mean of the total populations at the beginning and end of the period.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Inter-regional migration, which involves relatively long distance moves, is widely viewed as a response to economic opportunities and constraints (Maher 1984;McKay and Whitelaw 1978), This approach to the interpretation of population movement is most firmly embedded in the perspective of classical economics, where migration is seen as an equiUbrating mechanism which occurs in response to imbalances in the supply and demand for labour. Indeed there is a vast Uterature which endeavours to estabUsh quantitative links between migration on the one hand, and regional economic performance, expressed in terms of fectors such as unemployment and wage differentials, on the other (see, for example, Lowry 1966;Greenwood 1973Greenwood , 1976, In practice, the nature of the relationship between migration and economic change is fer from clear.…”

Section: 1 Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Australians on the move : internal migration in Australia, 1981-1986

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Internal migration and the Australian urban system

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Recent changes in migration patterns in Australia

Recent changes in migration patterns in Australia

Residential Mobility in Perth, 1971–86: The Impact of Age-Specific Net Migration

Australians on the move : internal migration in Australia, 1981-1986

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