Planning at state and local levels is in the spotlight – and for good reason. We should be planning for the complex challenges we are experiencing with much more agility. Sometimes, I don’t think...
Reality and perception. For more than 20 years, .id has been working to arm our clients and communities with clear, reliable and objective data to inform their decisions. But the other side of the coin...
If Australia’s population lived in one city, how large would that city be if it were as dense as… Melbourne? …Hobart? What if it had the same population density as Darwin? How far would that...
On a recent trip to The Netherlands, I spent a day with Saskia Ruijsink, who is an Urban Strategies and Planning Expert, at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) located in...
Picture a small New Zealand council (population 40,000), blessed with magnificent natural beauty and history, but challenged with government centralist policies, a stuttering economy and an ageing population. That was Whanganui when the council...
Correlation between data sets doesn’t always mean there is a common underlying cause. Sometimes it’s just a random coincidence, as in this example: However, I recently came across a correlation that I thought was worthy...
At .id our population forecasters prepare 25-year population forecasts for local council areas and sometimes for other regions. In preparing these forecasts, as well as looking at migration patterns, age profiles, land availability, dwelling...
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,...
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...
Over the weekend, my most favourite movie of all time, Cool Runnings, was on TV. For those of you not familiar with Cool Runnings (shame!), it’s the fictionalised account of the Jamaican bobsled team...
Yesterday, the results of the Marriage Law Survey were released by the ABS – and the result was YES – Australians should be allowed to marry whoever they love, regardless of their sex. Overall, 7.8...
While the 2016 Census was still in the field, I made 12 predictions for the Census results. I do this every Census, as working with councils around Australia, I get a feel for some...
Benchmark thy neighbour Many of you told us you wanted to compare between suburbs, small areas or districts within your LGA. Well, now you can! You’ve always been able to tell how your small...
Recently, an important birthday slipped by largely unnoticed. So, in the fine tradition of outing the quiet ones to force recognition of their birthday, I’m bravely calling out my employer – .id. That’s right,...
We first published this blog in 2017, just after we had finished working with a number of local councils to help them secure funding for local community development projects. Reflecting on the submissions that...
To continually improve your experience of using the .id community of online tools, we are constantly working to update and enhance the features and functionality of these tools. Here’s a summary of our latest...
In 2010, just two days before Christmas, .id published its first blog titled, Should I use Enumerated or Usual Residence data? – a blog which is still as relevant even though it was written six years ago....
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...
While many around the world are still coming to terms with new American president-elect Donald Trump, some are asking: Who voted for Trump? Being in the USA and closely following the elections, I decided...
How can you predict the effect of monetary policy on the economy? Apparently, the answer has been around since the ’40s! Back in late 1940s a very clever engineer and economist from New Zealand, Alban William...
