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Australia’s most educated areas
Where are the most educated areas in Australia? We list the top 30 “Braniac areas”…the local government areas that boast the highest percentage of tertiary educated residents in Australia… In this article, we investigate the number of...
.id community sites get a facelift
In an effort to make our community of demographic websites more intuitive, we’ve been working on some new updates we are excited to share with you. Our User Experience Designer, Mike Dunbar has been spending...
How demography helped Richmond Football Club double its membership numbers
For anyone interested in how demography can help in membership/consumer growth, targeted fan engagement and overall consumer strategy, you may find this video interesting. It’s a presentation we gave at the...
Planning education provision in a rapidly changing Australia
Update: Since we first published this blog, we’ve released a new free resource for school planners – our School enrolment planning guide. If you’re a school planner, enrolment coordinator, board member or...
The 10 things you need to know about population forecasts
Knowing how the population will change is extremely valuable for any organisation that is planning for the future. To inform your plans and make confident decisions you will need to rely on a population...
Which population forecast should I use?
On two occasions I have been asked, “Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?” … I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that...
The top 20 fastest growing suburbs in NSW
In this blog we delve into .id’s Small Area Forecasts (SAFi), and share the top twenty population growth areas in New South Wales. We also offer some insights into the factors driving growth, and share our...
Census 2016 is going ahead
It will be a relief to many of our readers to learn that the 2016 Census will be going ahead, with the ABS receiving a much needed funding boost in the upcoming budget. You can read details in this article in...
Melbourne changes direction – a new era of urban development
Melbourne is growing up. For the first time in the city’s history, urban infill development is outpacing greenfield development on the city’s fringes.
Let’s join forces to Save the 2016 Census
If, like us, you think shifting the Census from a five to ten yearly cycle is a bad idea, let’s join forces to stop it. If you believe in planning at the local level for local communities, join with us to help...
Supporting the Cancer Council's Relay for Life
Relay for Life is one of the Cancer Council’s flagship fundraising campaigns. With over 200 individual events around the country, the Relay for Life team wanted to develop a rigorous strategy for increasing...
Forecasting demand for high schools in NSW
Next year, a new high school will welcome students to the old Bradfield TAFE site in Crows Nest, Sydney. It will be the first high school to open on Sydney’s north shore since 1961.
Forecasting demand for primary schools in NSW
Bourke Street Primary, a quaint school in Sydney’s inner-city, had 74 students in 2010. Back then official forecasts showed that by 2014 the school would have grown to 112 students, and was making plans...
Locating retirement living villages to meet demand
A prominent retirement living provider was looking to make a substantial investment in capacity across Victoria and NSW. They needed to be able to anticipate demand and invest with confidence.
Location analysis – solving the where-when riddle for a major Australian charity
A major Australian charity was looking for ways to increase donation rates. In particular, they wanted to know where their static, mobile and new donation centres should be located, now and in the future....
Forecasting the demand for water services in fast-growing Melbourne
Our client is a utility provider in regional Victoria. In a rapidly growing region, they use forecasts of population and dwelling growth to help determine the timing, size and location of future infrastructure...
How to calculate the economic impact of running an event
Events are very important contributors to local and regional economies. A successful well run event can provide significant value to an area by adding jobs and money to the local economy and providing cultural...
Is Sydney ready for a 'big' future?
Recently Michael Koziol, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, argued that Melbourne has planned better for growth than Sydney.
Coburg Junior High secures $3.5m in funding with the help of .id forecasts
At .id, we welcomed the news in the recent Victorian State Budget that the Coburg community would receive $3.5m in funding for a junior high school. This is the culmination of a long community campaign for the...
Melbourne’s growth remains ‘fringe-focused’
‘Plan Melbourne’ carries through a commitment to containing urban sprawl, but as we show in our recent ebook , growth will remain focused in the outer suburbs over the foreseeable future. So as Melbourne pushes...
