This brief case study discusses the City of Ipswich’s experience working with .id to deliver their first annual Living in Place project. It talks through why the City needed Living in Place, some of...
Despite immense variation in size, composition and character, local governments share one common responsibility – to act in the best interests of the community they are entrusted to represent. In pursuit of this goal,...
Understanding your future population ensures appropriate resource allocation. One recent example we can share with you is of a local government area (LGA) needing to understand how their population will change and grow in...
The ABS has released a new quarter’s worth of migration data, giving further insight into how the pandemic is affecting migration patterns around Australia. In today’s blog, Glenn summarises the latest findings, and takes a...
Recent changes to the Local Government Act in Victoria require Councils to develop an Engagement Policy. A central feature of this new challenge is to ensure affected communities are represented in the engagement. This requirement is different...
The Victorian State Government’s “Big Housing Build” announcement was widely well received, but left some in Local Government wondering what role they’ll be able to play. In this blog, Nenad breaks down the “Build”...
Ten years ago, .id published our first blog. Glenn takes a look back at a decade of conversations about demographics, population forecasting, economics, housing and more. Happy Birthday to .id’s blog! We have been blogging about...
In this series, our local government forecasting team are looking at the impacts of COVID-19 on different ‘types’ of places in Australia. Today Chris Jones looks at the Inner City and CBD areas. This...
The latest population figures for Australia includes the March–June 2020 quarter, giving us a key insight into how the pandemic is affecting population changes. In this blog, Glenn breaks down the figures from the...
The ABS has just released the count of births and birth rate for the 2019 calendar year, recording a significant decrease in the nation’s birth rate. In this blog, Glenn explores Australia’s historic birth...
Any Census is a mighty undertaking that provides invaluable data for community planning and development. The 2018 New Zealand Census was no exception. In this blog, Penny pulls out some highlights from our new eBook:...
Recent changes to the Local Government Act in Victoria require each Local Government to develop an Engagement Policy. A key feature of this policy is to ensuring affected community groups are represented in community engagements. Penny takes...
Local Governments play a key role in protecting and preparing their local communities when it comes to bushfires and other natural disasters. In this blog, Nenad demonstrates some of the ways we at .id...
Geelong and surrounding LGAs are experiencing unprecendeted growth, from Melbourne and around Victoria. In this blog, Glenn looks at the impact this growth is having on the region’s housing story. Where is this growth happening? How...
Accounting for around 11% of Australia’s population, rural areas cover nearly 60% of Australia’s land mass and produce the majority of its agriculture and primary industries. As such the importance of how COVID-19 may...
After a long consultation and investigation period, the ABS has confirmed changes to the questions that will be asked in the upcoming Australian Census. Glenn Capuano, our resident Census expert, explores the announced changes....
.id’s Community Profile (profile.id) is not just for larger councils. In recent years a number of small rural communities have joined the profile.id community, for the flexibility it has in demonstrating the story of...
The Census is a massive, complicated undertaking. In this blog, Glenn takes a look at how the ABS has been exploring the use of administrative data to improve the Census response rate and the Census count, and create a safety...
How will the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of working from home affect where people choose to live? Does everyone want a treechange? Have people been moving out of Melbourne during lockdown? The ABS has released...
Today’s blog is a masterclass in storytelling with data. In this latest installment of our series unpacking the likely impact of COVID-19 on different types of places in Australia, Richard Thornton turns his focus...
Glenn looks into the latest population data for the March quarter from the ABS, which reveals that, even before Australia had felt the full brunt of border closures and the other impacts of COVID-19,...
