00:01They moved to Melton looking for an affordable house.
00:07They found a community.
00:09This event is marking the Muslim festival of Eid.
00:12We invite people from different cultures, different ethnicities.
00:19There's a reason Sanya's family chose to settle here in Melbourne's west.
00:24There were good schools here, property was affordable.
00:27That was the main thing.
00:29The vast majority of immigrants who come to Australia settle in our capital cities.
00:34This area is one of the fastest growing in the country.
00:39They come out here for family, but we've got the issues around infrastructure,
00:44public transport not keeping up.
00:47Meanwhile, in Fairfield, the independent mayor says the area in Sydney's west can't cope.
00:53The suburb has a long history of welcoming the country's new arrivals.
00:57We just feel that sometimes the government uses the western suburbs to populate this country,
01:02but not necessarily puts back the infrastructure that is needed to maintain all of our quality of life.
01:09Fairfield's full.
01:10New data from ABC Vote Compass found 49% of the 330,000 respondents wanted somewhat or many fewer immigrants in Australia.
01:22About 30% wanted the same levels as now, and just 16% wanted more.
01:27Now that's a shift from the 2022 Vote Compass results, where about 49% wanted more.
01:34Meanwhile, a Lowy Institute poll conducted last year found about 48% of Australians thought immigration in Australia was too high.
01:44Frank Carbone is calling for sustainable migration.
01:48But what do the experts think?
01:50Rather than the idea that certain areas face too much of the load of migration,
01:56it's more a failure of effective city planning.
01:58There's no magic number for the level of migrants in a society.
02:03It's really shaped by the norms and expectations of that society.
02:09Communities across the country feeling the pinch.
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