Population demographic for australia

Introduction-
With over 23 million persons, Australia has become the 52nd most populous country in the world. Population Demographics and its diversity have played a key role in shaping the very foundations of today’s culture. This can be seen through the transparencies of our local communities and the different profiles that co-exist within. This critical review will examine the population demographics of the Fairfield City Council. Through a number of sources including; (Fairfield a history of the District, Geographical Research- implications for Australia cities and region, Fairfield Aged Services Survey and Fairfield City- the Community profile) this report will identify the existing frameworks of the current scene outlined in those sources, whilst also evaluating the strengths and weakness of the articles themselves.
Summary-
The first piece of article being reviewed is the Geographical review released from the 2010 Intergenerational report (IGR). The paper analyses the current trends and likely directions in the population and distribution and the major implications from the nation’s metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, relating directly the Fairfield city area. Further to this, it also isolates and pinpoints the cause the growth is based solely and driven by the effects and causes of immigration. This is clearly shown through the ethnic diversity in the Fairfield area. Mcguirk and Argent (2011) journal article further represents this. It states that 80% of the population within Fairfield is ethnic including languages of Spanish, Arabic/Assyrian, Vietnamese and English.
Secondly, the Fairfield city- Community Profile released publically on the Fairfield city council website outlines the statistics associated with the diverse population of the Fairfield city area. The Fairfield City Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the city and its suburbs based on results from the 2011, 2001, 1996, and 1991 censuses of Population. Conducted by the council, the research divides Fairfield city into smaller areas of representation and subsequently the different ethnicities, age and gender within those areas.
Thirdly, the publication of Vance Georges ‘Fairfield – A History of the District’ was written based upon the early researches conducted in the 1970’s, where he accepted commission from the Fairfield City Council to examine the dynamics of the Fairfield’s local government. Interviews were lead to analyse the recordings of citizens of their memories within the district. In addition to this, Vance George started to write newspaper articles about Fairfield’s history and complied a series of notes for those seeking information about the area’s past, or for students undertaking local history projects. The common theme behind all his works, proudly claim that Fairfield ‘ has the highest migrant population of any local government area in the nation, with the largest Italian, Yugoslavian and South-East communities in Australia’.
Finally, the Aged Services survey was commissioned and funded by the State Library of NSW grant to discover why elder immigrant use the library less than others and how education can be increased. In an Australian and possible the world’s first the survey explored the behaviour of library and non-library users in three different languages: Assyrian/Arabic , Spanish and Vietnamese. Written by Linda Dunn, the general observations demonstrate the dramatic social changes in income, behavioural and attitude characteristics of each demographic groups and suggestions in approving further assimilating policies within the community. Lastly, the survey shows that the 193,000 population can be broken down into three group Arabic/Assyrian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Critique-
Through a sound analysis the evidence gained has identified that the population geographic of Fairfield city is a multicultural and diverse region. All four sources point out that the demographic of Fairfield is populated by immigrants from regions of the world which consist of three major groups; these groups are of Spanish, Assyrian/Arabic and Vietnamese backgrounds. The difference between all these sources is that they don’t identify specific characteristics of the groups involved. The sources are not consistent with information regarding age, gender and the number of individuals that are Australian born with parents born abroad.
The main ideas to why all the sources were written are to show Fairfield city as the most diversely populated region in Australia. The main aspects covered by the sources include information regarding the matter of surveys being conducted throughout the Fairfield region on how it has always been culturally diverse region. Throughout surveys conducted the information obtained has lead us to believe that it has always been a very cultural region, these surveys where done from the 1970s towards late 2011.
Sampling is done usually because it is impossible to test every single individual in the population. It is also done to save time, money and effort while conducting the research. The sampling used by the researchers provided helps the readers to understand clearly that they have used probability sampling. Probability sampling makes sure that the reader understands that the survey conducted allowed every individual in the population have equal chance of being selected as a subject for the research, this was done so that the information obtained was as accurate as possible. The sources provided clearly show through this method they have achieved their goal of trying to show diversity inside of the Fairfield city region.
Population geography is one of the most data-rich fields in the discipline. This is because most communities conduct comprehensive censuses around every ten years; this is shown in the sources provided. These contain such information as gender, age and ethnic background. In the examples provided the Fairfield city council conducted surveys between 1970 to 2011. This data is maintained by the Fairfield council and Australian Government. Population data is also available through government documents like birth and death certificates. Governments, universities and private organisations also work to conduct different surveys and studies to gather data about population specifics and behaviour that could be related to topics in population geography. As a resident of Fairfield city, I can concur with the data being provided to readers that it is convincing because all the different types of data provided in different sources provide information of the same nature. All the sources data within tables and graphs is very similar and there are no major differences within the numbers provided in their research.

Conclusion-

Through population demographic it seems that the Fairfield city region is a very diverse in terms of different cultures living in one sector of the wide population. Fairfield city is the most populated city in Australia in terms of having different ethnic backgrounds in the one region. From when the first survey was conducted in this area until the most recent survey, a multicultural diversity has always been a major part of the growth towards Fairfield City, Multiculturalism has always played a major role in the development of the city. This is also shown in Australia’s immigration drive that has allowed 60% of the Australian society with migrant backgrounds. The sources that I have provided all restate the same diversity in the Fairfield city population demographic.