Filipinos in VIC - where do you live?

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• silvre Quezon City
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  November 2012

  @psychoboy Hi, regarding your question where majority of Filipinos are in Victoria... I thought about the same thing and did some researching at the Australian Bureau of Statistics using their free TableBuilder app at http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/tablebuilder. I extracted the following data from the 2011 Census to get a list which Victoria suburbs had the highest number of respondents who stated their ancestry as Filipino (pati na rin Indian, Chinese and Vietnamese). Hope you find this useful
  
  
  
  

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• TasBurrfoot Osaka
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  November 2012

  @psychoboy Hi, regarding your question where majority of Filipinos are in Victoria... I thought about the same thing and did some researching at the Australian Bureau of Statistics using their free TableBuilder app at http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/tablebuilder. I extracted the following data from the 2011 Census to get a list which Victoria suburbs had the highest number of respondents who stated their ancestry as Filipino (pati na rin Indian, Chinese and Vietnamese). Hope you find this useful
  
  
  
  

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  Nice! do you have any ideas where you want to live in Melbourne come next year?

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• silvre Quezon City
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  November 2012

  @psychoboy actually not sure pa e.. we'll check out if anyone knows a place to rent for us. di muna kami magiging mapili as long as reasonably priced and accessible yung train/tram going to cbd and decent naman na accommodation ok lang. baka may alam ka?
• li_i_ren North Ryde
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  November 2012

  went to melbourne last last week for 4 days sa city lang kami didn't go out of the cbd. pero grabeh sarap ng food trip sa melbourne..very affordable yung food compared to sydney. daming asians in melbourne and it's a very young crowd.. dami din mga parang homeless/ "street" artist along the cbd specially sa swanston/ elizabeth street noh? hehehee!
  
  if suburb bah.. which one is pretty decent pero not pricey? kasi nag river cruise kami sabi nung guide na yung house near the yarra river are worth a million to 8 million aud plus! hahahaha! but there are new condo units within the cbd which are less than 500 thou aud.. which isn't too bad dito sa sydney to find a unit that cost 500 aud you have to ride the train almost an hour away to find such prices.
  
  mas affordable talaga melbourne pero it's much colder than sydney! if PR na kami and God willing everything is good.. i will still consider moving to melbourne..it feels so much like auckland lang.. at home talaga kami dun:)
• TasBurrfoot Osaka
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  November 2012

  @psychoboy actually not sure pa e.. we'll check out if anyone knows a place to rent for us. di muna kami magiging mapili as long as reasonably priced and accessible yung train/tram going to cbd and decent naman na accommodation ok lang. baka may alam ka?

  wala din eh... by feb cguro maghahanap na kami, just in time I hope for our april 3 departure.
  

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• ivyasis Melbourne
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  December 2012

  Anyone interested a place to stay, we have spare room to share. Pm me: [email protected] or mobile: 0452114945
• Greg Brisbane
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  December 2012

  @psychoboy
  
  Galing ni Silvre, nakakuha agad ng facts, share ko lang experience ko, i've been here for the last 7 yrs and i think ang nakitang kong pinoy concentrated area is the western suburbs, kabikabila kasi ang mga Filo store, which means marami talagang pinoys, althoug kahit saan naman may makikita at makikita ka.
  
• Greg Brisbane
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  December 2012

  @silvre
  
  May matutuluyan na kayo? Family ba kayo Silvre? And when are you planning to move here in Melbourne?
  
  Regards,
  Greg
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• silvre Quezon City
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  January 2013

  @greg
  
  Family po kami.. me, wifey and baby. primary yung wife ko pero ako lang magwwork pag dating namin. plan namin mid-March to April siguro.
• vangievc Sydney
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  January 2013

  @silvre i will be accomodating 1 family on 1st week of feb..hopefully they can be settled after a month..kung wala kA pang accomodation by then you are welcome to stay im my house temporarily hanngang makahanap kayo ng lilipatan.We are in Williams landing just nearby truganina.i heard williams landing train station will operate on april..
• wynx Melbourne
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  January 2013

  hello po. i just got my visa granted last January 9 and im planning to go to Melbourne comes March 20 for my initial entry. temporarily lang naman kasi ang balak ko talga is to settle there next year, 2014. kailangan ko lang po sana ng tulong nyo kung meron kau pwede mai recommend na pwede ko pag stayhan ng 5days. (March 20-25)
  
  Maraming salamat po sa inyo.

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• indaydiego Singapore
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  January 2013

  hi all, we are from Point Cook sa may Featherbrook area =>
  
• vangievc Sydney
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  January 2013

  @indaydiego tagal ka na ba dito sa Melbourne...Lapit ;amg kayo sa amin. :-)
  
• indaydiego Singapore
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  @indaydiego tagal ka na ba dito sa Melbourne...Lapit ;amg kayo sa amin. :-)
  

  hi ms. @vangievc! dating namin melbourne May 2012. then september kami lumipat sa Point Cook. saan kayo banda? matagal na din kau melbourne? sana lahat ng pinoyau melbourne magEB hehe..
  
  
• vangievc Sydney
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  @indaydiego tagal ka na ba dito sa Melbourne...Lapit ;amg kayo sa amin. :-)
  

  hi ms. @vangievc! dating namin melbourne May 2012. then september kami lumipat sa Point Cook. saan kayo banda? matagal na din kau melbourne? sana lahat ng pinoyau melbourne magEB hehe..
  
  

  Dito kami sa may Williams landing, sa bagong area, sa may train station na itinatayo. 6 years na kami dito..Pumasok lang ako sa forum to check if there is something I can offer to those who need help. Hindi rin kc madaling lumipat sa ibang bansa lalo na at wala kang kakilala.
  
  Dyan ako namimili sa Harvest ng mga gulay, mas mura pa kesa sa footscray..Are you a girl?If yes sana magkita tayo minsan.you can visit me here or likewise.
• indaydiego Singapore
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  January 2013

  hi @vangievc yup girl na girl ako hehe. nice to know na meron taga pinoyau na malapit lang sa amin. we can meet up sana very soon. you can pm me your mobile number kung okay lang. wala pa ko nakilala na filos dito sa point cook but we have friends in derrimut and cairnlea areas. mga 7 months pa lang kami dito galing kami
• Yukishih Melbourne
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  Hi mga kaforum! Nagpunta kami geelong kahapon dun sa city mismo, I mean cbd ng geelong. Ang ganda pala dun.

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• vangievc Sydney
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  January 2013

  @Yukishih

  Hi mga kaforum! Nagpunta kami geelong kahapon dun sa city mismo, I mean cbd ng geelong. Ang ganda pala dun.

  Agree..
• indaydiego Singapore
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  January 2013

  hello po! sana po kitakits mga taga melbourne
• TasBurrfoot Osaka
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  we will be living in ormond (albeit on a temporary basis)...

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• hanzyboy Brisbane
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  February 2013

  ako kakarating ko lang last december, dito ako sa chelsea/bonbeach area nagstay, beach area so medyo sarap lalo na summer pa, downside is medyo malayo sa cbd (45-60mins away)
• aldousnow Sydney
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  ako kakarating ko lang last december, dito ako sa chelsea/bonbeach area nagstay, beach area so medyo sarap lalo na summer pa, downside is medyo malayo sa cbd (45-60mins away)

  chelsea 902 sinasakyan ko bus papunta work galing glen waverly station. pero along springvale road lang work ko.
  

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• Yukishih Melbourne
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  Uy, dumadaan ang bus 902 dito sa amin. Hehe.

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• hanzyboy Brisbane
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  Nakikita ko din nga yan bus 902 na yan pag naglalakad ako or papunta sa train station. Di pa ko nakakasakay ng bus, train and tram pa lang. Hahaha.
• 420 Melbourne
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  February 2013

  I am from Ringwood
• Mackoy1012 Bundoora
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  February 2013

  may taga northern suburb ba dito?
• cheflyra Melbourne
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  Ballarat ako! Hihi
• Metaform Melbourne
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  So aalis na kami ng Collingwood. Thinking of a good suburb to move to na malapit sa train and supermarkets. I will miss the city.

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• carrie Singapore
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  hi everyone. newbie here
  patulong naman po. i have some questions po. sana u can help me
  
  1. how much po ang basic expenses (rent, bills, etc)?
  2. ano po ang decent salary to live comfortably?
  
  salamat po.

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• TasBurrfoot Osaka
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  May 2013 edited May 2013

  may taga northern suburb ba dito?

  @Mackoy1012, we are living in the north for almost a month already... Our rented place is located around 10 minutes walk from the Oak Park Train Station.
  
  Up for this thread!!

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