Editor's note

We know that income inequality has been rising in Australian cities and that this inequality increases with city size. New research now shows that rich and poor are also increasingly segregated in our biggest cities, with high-income and low-income earners less likely to be near neighbours than they were a generation ago.

Author Bruce Bradbury will be available to answer your questions about the piece today from 1pm to 2pm AEDT. Post your queries in the comments section of the article.

John Watson

Editor

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New research shows that spatial segregation between the rich and poor in our six largest cities has been increasing over time. John W. Iwanski/flickr

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