http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/revealed-citys-map-of-racism/2005/12/25/1135445486548.html
Residents of Mosman and Woollahra have joined those in the Sutherland Shire as among the Sydney people least tolerant of cultural diversity and multicultural values, a map of the city’s racial attitudes reveals.
Two weeks after the Cronulla race riots, tens of thousands of people returned to Sydney’s beaches for Christmas Day, while church leaders called on Australians to be tolerant and to take responsibility for the violence in the beach suburbs.
Now researchers have produced a map – based on a survey of 1800 Sydney residents – that they hope can be used in programs to counter racism.
The survey is part of work by Associate Professor Jim Forrest, of Macquarie University; Kevin Dunn, of the University of NSW; and others, from which Professor Forrest has produced the map.
Professor Forrest said the least accepting groups were in outer suburbs where populations are mostly solidly Anglo. But the least tolerant also include culturally diverse places such as Liverpool and “old” wealth areas such as Mosman and Woollahra. Waverley, which adjoins Woollahra but is more culturally diverse, is among the most tolerant.
Among the most tolerant are people living in the local government areas Sydney, South Sydney, Leichhardt, Auburn and Pittwater.
Professor Forrest said wealthy, better-educated areas of northern Sydney were quite tolerant and inner-city areas highly tolerant.
Less tolerant areas include outer locations such as Gosford and Campbelltown, but also culturally mixed areas such as Bankstown and Ryde. Bankstown has a substantial Muslim population, while Ryde has many Chinese and Koreans. Culturally diverse areas such as Parramatta, Marrickville and Penrith, and the suburbs Hurstville, Randwick and Botany, are tolerant.
At St Mary’s Cathedral yesterday, Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop, George Pell, confronted the race riots. At a Christmas Mass where there was standing room only, he noted the high number of visitors to the cathedral in the lead-up to Christmas. “I wonder if it was a reaction to the Cronulla riots