Do you use data on disability, volunteering, travel-to-work/education, long-term health conditions, domestic work or car ownership? You might be interested in this wrap-up of the submissions we’ve sent to the ABS, after we asked you...
A quick drive around Newcastle’s Central Business District (CBD) shows the city undergoing a transformation – new apartment buildings and public transport, cafes, restaurants, pubs and modernisation of older buildings in and around the...
In a recent survey conducted by social researchers Ipsos, Housing was revealed as the fastest growing issue of the top five issues concerning Australians. This is the first in a series of blogs in which we’ll...
This week there was a debate in the lower house about the Government’s proposed tax cuts package – and one statement caught the attention of media. In a response to a hypothetical question by...
The Age has published an article yesterday citing social research data from Ipsos indicating population growth/overpopulation is much more of a concern in Melbourne than it was just 4 years ago. This attitudinal dataset...
What makes somewhere a good place to live? Do different communities value different things? Where is the lived experience considered relatively good, and where do people feel it is relatively poor? In this piece,...
Is the Census missing something? If you follow our blog, it’s likely you read and enjoy the fruits of the Census. But do you think the Census is missing something? Is there a part...
If you’ve accessed one of our ‘free’ online tools, you may be wondering ‘Who pays for all this?” The short answer: your local council (probably). Jump ahead: I can’t find a profile for my area...
This is the annual update to Glenn’s incredibly popular Top 50 cities in Australia blog. Updated population data is released every year by the ABS. Of course, everyone loves a ranking, and here you...
The ABS has released the 2017 population estimates for Local Government and other smaller geographic areas. These are current for June 30th, 2017, and represent the first population update after the 2016 Census. We...
Earlier this year, the office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (CCYP) in South Australia reached out to us, saying they would like to learn more about the age break down for...
When Victor noticed the reversal of a migration trend we’ve come to expect in recent years (the outflow of migration from Victoria to South-East Queensland) – he thought he’d dig a little deeper to...
In this blog, Glenn looks at how local areas (SA2 geography) rank on the recently-released SEIFA index for advantage and disadvantage. The SEIFA data came out last week, and it provides a lot of...
It seems like only yesterday the 2016 Census was happening, and indeed the final topics from the Census are still being released. But the ABS has just announced that consultation for the next Census...
As we delve into the new SEIFA data released this week by the ABS, Glenn explains how the different socio-economic variables and indicators are weighted to give us a picture of advantage or disadvantage in...
After a long wait from the 2016 Census, the last piece of the Census puzzle was released on March 27th. The ABS have now released the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA). What is SEIFA?...
The recent Census of Population and Dwellings in New Zealand was an interesting reflection of changing societal attitudes and technologies. As most Kiwis successfully completed their Census forms online, technologies such as fax machines...
The topic of Homelessness is one of the most frequently raised during our briefings to councils and communities across the country. On March 14th, the ABS released ‘Estimating Homelessness‘. This eagerly anticipated publication comes...
The Census of Population and Housing is probably the most well known demographic data set released by the ABS, but there is a wealth of other data released which tells us how the Australian...
In 1968, a group of 12 thought leaders gathered together at a futurist conference in New York, USA. Their topic? What will the world be like in 2018? Their thoughts, warnings, aspirations and predictions are...
We’ve been working hard behind the scenes, and now we’re excited to let you know that the Worker profiles on economy.id have now been updated with 2016 Census data. These profiles are a great...
