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Changes in farang countries

Post by GT93 » May 3, 2014, 3:12 pm

Farang countries are now changing rapidly. Here's something from a newspaper in my country, New Zealand (population 4.24 million). It focuses on immigration changes. Immigration into NZ doesn't seem to be nearly as big an issue here as say the UK. It seems to be largely accepted. Other big current changes in NZ are growing inequality and longer working hours. I encourage others to discuss changes in any farang country in this thread.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/ ... d=11248572

"The 2013 Census figures show that overseas-born New Zealand residents now represent 23.6 per cent of the country's total population, compared with 21.8 per cent in the 2006 Census and 18.7 per cent in the 2001 Census.

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The latest Census shows that New Zealand has 1,001,787 overseas-born residents, an increase of 122,244 on the 2006 Census.

The 2013 foreign-born figure could be higher, because 259,437 individuals did not accurately describe their place of birth and Statistics NZ included them in the New Zealand-born category. If a quarter of these were born overseas then more than 25 per cent of our resident population was born offshore.

This is also remarkably high compared with historical figures. For example, only 14.4 per cent of New Zealand's population were foreign-born in the 1981 Census and 15.8 per cent in 1991.

The United States has only 12.9 per cent of its population born overseas and has never had more than 14.8 per cent since the country's 1850 Census.

The latest United Kingdom Census showed that 7.5 million individuals, or 13 per cent of the population, were born in other countries.

Australia, with 27 per cent of its resident population born offshore, is one of the few countries with a higher overseas-born to total population ratio than New Zealand.

Another important development is the changing mix of overseas-born New Zealand residents.

Individuals born in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland now represent 26.5 per cent of the country's foreign-born population compared with 32.2 per cent 12 years ago, while Pacific peoples now account for 15.1 per cent compared with 16.9 per cent in 2001.

Meanwhile, China-born residents have risen from 5.6 per cent to 8.9 per cent of the foreign-born population, Indian-born from 3.0 per cent to 6.7 per cent, and Philippines-born from just 1.5 per cent to 3.7 per cent.

Some of the more traditional migrant resources — the Netherlands for New Zealand and Italy and Greece for Australia — are becoming less and less important.

The most important countries of birth for Australia's overseas-born residents are Britain, with 20.8 per cent; New Zealand with 9.1 per cent; China with 6 per cent; and India with 5.6 per cent.

The latest Census figures show that Auckland continues to be the fastest-growing area and now represents 33.4 per cent of the country's population, compared with 31 per cent in 2001.

Auckland also continues to attract a particularly high proportion of the new migrants with 517,182, or 51.6 per cent, of the overseas-born individuals now living in the Auckland region. This compares with 50.7 per cent in the 2001 Census.

Overseas-born individuals as a percentage of total population in the regions are as follows: Auckland 36.5 per cent, Waikato 16.8 per cent, Bay of Plenty 16 per cent, Hawkes Bay 13.7 per cent, Taranaki 12.1 per cent, Wellington 24 per cent, Canterbury 18.6 per cent, Otago 17.2 per cent and Southland just 9.7 per cent.

It is clear from these figures that the further south one goes [GT: it's colder further south], as far as both cities and the regions are concerned, the lower the percentage of overseas-born residents.

It is absolutely clear from the latest Census figures that New Zealand's population mix is undergoing a gradual but dramatic change as a substantial number of New Zealanders of European descent have moved to Australia, and New Zealand is attracting a large migration inflow, particularly from Asia.

As a result, the country's ethnic mix has changed between the 2001 and 2013 Census as follows:

• Europeans have fallen from 76.8 per cent of the total population to 70 per cent.

• Maori have remained steady at 14.1 per cent.

• Asian peoples have increased from just 6.4 per cent in the 2001 Census to 11.1 per cent.

• Pacific peoples have increased from 6.2 per cent to 7 per cent in the latest Census.

These figures add up to more than 100 per cent because when a person reported that they belonged to more than one ethnic group they were included in each ethnic group.

By contrast, Australia is less ethnically diversified as 92 per cent of the total population is European, 7 per cent Asian and 1 per cent Aboriginal and other.

Auckland is clearly the most diverse area in New Zealand with 55.8 per cent of its population classified as European, 21.7 per cent Asian, 13.8 per cent Pacific, and 10.1 per cent Maori.

Looking at it another way, Auckland represents 33.4 per cent of the country's total population yet 65.9 per cent of the country's Pacific peoples live in this area, as does 65.1 per cent of country's total Asian population, 26.6 per cent of the country's total European population and 23.9 per cent of Maori.

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There is also a large difference in the median age of the country's different ethnic groups, with Europeans having a median age of 40 years, Asians 30.6 years, Maori 23.9 years and Pacific peoples 22.1 years.

When we break down ethnic age groups into five-year periods, the largest European block is the 50-54 age group, the main Asian block is the 25-29 age group, while the four age groups of 19 years and under are the largest for Pacific peoples and Maori.

The older age of our European population means the country's ethnic mix will continue to change dramatically in the years ahead.

It's not too difficult visualising Auckland as a city with a huge number of retirement villages populated with ageing Europeans — who are looked after by migrant workers from, for example, the Philippines — while Queen St and High St are dominated by young Asians living in downtown apartments.

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But we are becoming far more Asian-focused as far as business is concerned. Figures released by Statistics NZ this week showed total exports to China were $3.5 billion for the first three months of 2014, representing 30.2 per cent of total exports, compared with 2007 figures of just .5 billion of exports to China, or just 5.4 per cent of total exports.

New Zealand is becoming more and more diversified in terms of ethnicity and business — even more than our transtasman neighbours — and the companies that take advantage of this should prosper in the future."

GT: This isn't a big political issue in NZ. It's only a minor issue. If I was working in the US embassy in NZ I'd be reporting concerns that in NZ the Chinese influence is growing. NZ has a free trade agreement with China and trade is rapidly expanding. I think the Chinese decided to try one of these agreements with a small western country first. Our main exports are food. Personally I'm not happy how difficult it is for Thais to come into NZ. We should quadruple the numbers of Thais in the next 20 years. Farangland is changing. What's happening in your country?


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Post by Earnest » May 3, 2014, 3:48 pm

GT93 wrote:The latest United Kingdom Census showed that 7.5 million individuals, or 13 per cent of the population, were born in other countries.
Yes - me. I still consider myself English, though.
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Post by FrazeeDK » May 3, 2014, 6:54 pm

on the flip side, per capita New Zealand has one of the highest emigration rates in the world.. Over 50,000 Kiwis depart yearly, primarily for Australia.. http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/th ... aland/246/
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Post by noosard » May 3, 2014, 8:01 pm

Muldoon once said improved the iq of both nations

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Post by socksy » November 12, 2015, 11:03 am

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