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Vietnam Town Little Saigon In Australia

At the 2006 Australian Census, 156,581 of the enumerated population (or 0.8% of Australia's population) declared Vietnam as their country of birth. Vietnamese-born are the sixth largest category of Australians by birthplace, behind those born in Australia, England, New Zealand, China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) and Italy.

The term "Vietnamese Australian" means an Australian of ethnic Vietnamese (i.e., Kinh) descent, and is not synonymous with "Vietnam-born", as a large proportion (26.6 per cent) of Australians born in Vietnam are, in fact, ethnic Chinese.

According to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2004, Vietnamese Australians are, by religion, 30.3 per cent Catholic, 0.4 per cent Anglican, 3.1 Other Christian, 55.2 per cent Other Religions (mainly Buddhist), and 11.0 per cent No Religion. In 2001, the Vietnamese language was spoken at home by 174,236 persons in Australia. Vietnamese is the sixth most widely spoken language in the country after English, the Chinese languages, Italian, Greek and Arabic.

Over three quarters of Vietnam-born live in New South Wales (63,786, or 39.9%) and Victoria (58,878, or 36.8 per cent). In Melbourne they congregate in the suburbs of Richmond, Footscray and Springvale, while in Sydney they are concentrated in Cabramatta, Fairfield and parts of Marrickville.

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Cabramatta has been a remarkable melting pot for all manner of Asian and European peoples in the latter half of the 20th century. Since the 1980s, Cabramatta has been a centre for the Vietnamese community, but there are also many residents other Asian and European origins.

Australians old and new (Economist print edition, May 5th 2005) relates: "A quarter of Australia's population was born abroad, and another quarter is made up of first-generation natives. At a time of globalisation, this is a tremendous strength, and with unemployment at its lowest level for almost 30 years further immigration is unlikely to provoke much discontent. Parts of Sydney are already starting to feel noticeably Asian. The suburb of Cabramatta, in the south-west, has a large Vietnamese population: walk around its main market area, and you will hardly see an English sign. But it is not a ghetto: most people who live there work elsewhere, and as people get richer, they swiftly move to more affluent areas."

Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Marrickville is located 7 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the largest suburb in the Marrickville Council local government area. The suburb contains three post offices with the postcode 2204.

Marrickville sits on the northern bank of the Cooks River, opposite the suburbs of Earlwood and Undercliffe and shares borders with Stanmore, Enmore, Newtown, St Peters, Sydenham, Tempe, Dulwich Hill and Petersham. The southern part of the suburb, near the river, is known as Marrickville South and includes the historical locality called The Warren.

Marrickville is a diverse suburb consisting of both low and high density residential, commercial and light industrial areas.

The main shopping strip runs along Marrickville Road, west from Sydenham to the town hall. Typical businesses include cafés, grocery and clothing stores. Marrickville Road is well-known for the artwork that adorns the awnings of some of its businesses, which gives the strip a unique style. The shopping strip also extends south along Illawarra Road, past the railway station, to 'The Warren' locality. Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre is located near the border with Enmore and contains supermarkets, discount stores, specialty shops and a food court.

 Marrickville has a diverse and multi-cultural community with a significant migrant population.

In the mid-twentieth century, Marrickville was a major center of Sydney's large Greek community, and to an extent remains so. Greek flags are frequently flown down Marrickville's main commercial street, which still has many Greek-owned businesses. Today, the Vietnamese community has become perhaps more prominent, centered in the area closer to the railway station.

In recent years the area has seen an influx of young, urban professionals attracted to its proximity to the Sydney CBD, vast array of restaurants and inner-city, multicultural lifestyle. Soaring prices in more affluent areas such as the Eastern Suburbs have also driven people into the inner-west in search of more affordable housing.

Footscray is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maribyrnong. Footscray is characterised by a very diverse, multicultural central shopping area, which reflects the successive waves of immigration experienced by Melbourne, and by Footscray in particular. It was once a centre for Italian and Greek migrants, it is now a hub for Vietnamese, and increasingly, North African immigrants in Melbourne. The suburb is named after Foots Cray in south-east England.

The inner western suburbs of Melbourne have traditionally been undesirable as residential areas due to the presence of heavy industry. However, the affordability of housing and availability of employment opportunities in these areas have made them attractive to migrants for many years. Greek, Italian and Croatian migrants arrived in the 1950s and 1960s, followed by Vietnamese in the 1970s and 1980s. Footscray remains a magnet for migrants, most recently for migrants from North African countries, such as Sudan, Algeria, Morocco and Ethiopia, but there has been rapid gentrification as younger people seek affordable period housing close to Melbourne city centre.

The mall area and surrounding streets still have a great reputation as a site of illegal fire works purchases and drug deals, particularly heroin. However, the drug trade has declined in the past several years. The Victorian Government recently introduced an initiative to have all drug users banned from entering Footscray if convicted in court.

The Footscray Market is a fresh produce and seafood market, catering particularly to the various ethnicities and local restaurants. Another large market in Footscray is Little Saigon, which opened in 1992 to cater to the growing Asian population, but now has customers from all backgrounds. Little Saigon is noisy and crowded, with a wide array of tropical fruits and Asian produce.

Restaurants in Footscray are mostly Vietnamese or Chinese, however there are many East African cafes and restaurants and Indian restaurants. There also exists a pub that serves contemporary Australian food.

Footscray has been the setting of several Australian movies, the most notable being Romper Stomper which was filmed in and around Footscray in 1992. It deals with a fictional gang of neo-Nazi skinheads and their battle against Vietnamese immigrants. Not all scenes were filmed locally. The "Footscray Railway Station" featured in the movie has a pedestrian underpass, while the real station has an overpass for foot traffic; the station used was the sports entrance of Richmond station. The film Metal Skin (1994) was also set in and around Footscray.

The Croatian Australian Association's headquarters are located in Footscray, serving the large Croatian community in the area. Other support and social groups include African, Albanian, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Bosnian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Latin American and Vietnamese.

The Tết Lunar Year Festival is held each year in Footscray. It is a vibrant, colourful and amazing festival, featuring dancing dragons, live music, food stalls, theme park rides and fireworks in the late evening.

Springvale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia about 25 kilometres south-east of the central business district. The local government area is the City of Greater Dandenong. Springvale hosts a multitude of different nationalities, and has a very strong Vietnamese influence and is the former site of a migrant hostel.

At the ABS 2001 census, Springvale had a generally lower-income population of 17,996, not including visitors, with production, trades, transport, manufacturing and labouring being the dominant occupations. The two most common non-White ethnicities were Vietnamese (19.33%) and Chinese (19.35%), and significant Greek, Italian and Eastern European minorities exist. The most common religions were Buddhism (28%) and Catholicism (25%), with sizable minorities identifying as Eastern Orthodox or Anglican.

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