Generations, Mobility and Community

Geographies of Three Generations of Greek and Italian Ancestry in Sydney

Bibliographic Data

ID5877214
AuthorsIan H Burnley
Year2005
Volume43
Issue4
Pages379-392
Publication date2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-5871.2005.00338.x
OpenAlexW2013168339
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited20

Geographies of three generations of Greek and Italian ancestry in Sydney totalling 245 000 people in 2001 are identified. A model of community sequences is developed within a conceptual framework of intergenerational spatial, occupational and social absorption. Considerable intra- and inter-generational occupational mobility took place and the third generations showed higher proportions as managers, professionals and associate professionals than persons of Australian ancestry. Second and third generations had occupational profiles which were much closer to the host society than the first generations. Despite occupational mobility, employment, residential and social trends associated with the first generations affected the adult second generations and to an extent the third. Several thousand members of three generations re-grouped into successive local communities, patronised facilities in core communities, and maintained place identities

Demographic economics · Economics · Genealogy · Geography · Occupational mobility · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies