''The poor suburbs from the 80s are still the poor suburbs now.''
Perhaps. Over the previous 8-10 years, however, due to rents rising substantially, many people have been pushed out of Brisbane's poorer suburbs-and indeed completely out of Brisbane-into Caboolture, Ipswich, Gympie, Maryborough, ect.
So although the suburbs to which you refer, are still at the bottom of Brisbane's ladder, people have consequently been shunted into cities/towns with lower rents.
*If the suburbs to which you refer comprise a high proportion of public housing then obviously the lower-socioeconomic demographic is not forced to move because they are insulated from the private rental market. Thus the trend is not as pronounced in those areas.
With that said, over the past 8-10 years, due to rapidly rising rents, many people have been forced to move from Sydney's poorer suburbs to the NSW central coast and Newcastle, and similarly, from the NSW central coast and Newcastle's poorer suburbs to towns such as Kurri, Cessnock, Raymond Terrace and Maitland, ect.
I can't see this trend reversing anytime soon either.
