A note from The Netherlands
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...
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Intelligent smaller communities adapting to the digital economy
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...
Do old people drive old cars?
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...
The power of positive thinking – and the immortal baby
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...
How liveable is your community?
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,...
Toward the year 2018 – a look ahead from 50 years ago
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...
I am feeling very Olympic today!
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...
A demographic view of the same sex marriage survey results
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...
Census Crystal Ball Gazing – so how did I do? Part 2
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: comparing between suburbs in community profile
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...
Notching up 20 years – Happy Birthday to us!
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,...
Lessons we learned from the Building Better Regions Fund
Earlier this year, .id helped clients create funding submissions for the Federal Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF). .id’s clients were highly successful in their funding bids, so we thought we’d share what we learned...
What’s new?
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...
Happy 6th birthday to the .id blog!
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....
.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...
So, who voted Trump?
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...
Using ’40s technology to predict how policies affect our economy
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...
How can demographics help your business?
Demography is the study of people and populations. But how does demographic data translate into information relevant to businesses and organisations? People often approach us asking for a single number (eg. Can you tell...
What does a location strategy consultant do?
We often get asked what people who work at .id actually do, and what sort of skills and background they have. To help answer those questions, we will be publishing a series of occasional...
Inside .id: What does an urban economist do?
Put simply, urban economists understand how broad demographic and economic trends play out geographically, and as such, are able to help answer those critical “where” and “when” questions.
