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Greece - 2011

Is there evidence of majority driven segregation ("white flight" phenomenon)?

Code:
RED68
Key Area:
Housing & Segregation
Strand(s):
Discrimination
15/02/2012 - 12:37
Short Answer

Yes
Qualitative Info

As it can be seen below, population of municipality of Athens has been decreasing over decades in favour of suburbs.

Distribution of population (%) in the Athenian metropolitan area after WW2

 

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

Municipality of Athens

40,3%

33,9%

34,1%

29,3%

25,1%

24,9%

Municipality of Piraeus

14,0%

10,2%

7,4%

6,5%

5,9%

5,7%

Other municipalities

45,7%

55,9%

58,5%

64,2%

69,0%

69,4%
Source: Censuses 1951-2001
 
On the other hand, within the Municipality of Athens lives the largest part of migrant population (according to 2001 census, 17% of the total population)
In certain areas, signs of phenomena such as 'white flight', and even 'blockbusting' and 'gentrification' exist, though some suggest that these terms and notions should be used with certain conceptual precaution (see for example Maloutas T. 2012, "Contextual Diversity in Gentrification Research", Critical Sociology, 38(1), 33-48.
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Majority
Type (R/D) Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Housing, Integration - social cohesion
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