Seven months out from first the release of 2021 Census data, we’re already working to ensure insights from this key demographic dataset are available to our partners in local government and related organisations as early as...
The latest release of Life Tables shows life expectancy in Australia continues to grow, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Glenn looks at how Australia compares with other countries and revisits his personal life expectancy calculation...
As many of us breathlessly review the daily vaccination rates, Glenn takes a look at how vaccination rates differ between LGAs – and how this difference bares a strong resemblance to areas of advantage...
To mark Census Day 2021, Glenn Capuano gives us a recap and update on where things sit with the Census – and reminds everyone to fill in your Census form! Keep up-to-date on all...
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...
If you’re in community planning and want to understand what your residents believe makes somewhere a good place to live, this blog explains why it’s important to put residents’ values and experiences at the...
This update is to share how we’re working in response to Covid-19, how you can contact us and what resources are available to support you during this period. We’re continuing to work, just in...
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...
