After a long consultation and investigation period, the ABS has confirmed changes to the questions that will be asked in the upcoming Australian Census. Glenn Capuano, our resident Census expert, explores the announced changes....
.id’s Community Profile (profile.id) is not just for larger councils. In recent years a number of small rural communities have joined the profile.id community, for the flexibility it has in demonstrating the story of...
The Census is a massive, complicated undertaking. In this blog, Glenn takes a look at how the ABS has been exploring the use of administrative data to improve the Census response rate and the Census count, and create a safety...
The 2021 Census in Australia could be our most important ever, as it can show the effect of all the changes taking place in Australia right now, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We...
In light of the current controversy over the inclusion of a citizenship question in the 2020 US Census, Glenn points out a citizenship question has been part of the Australian Census since 1911, and,...
Glenn’s analysis of the latest population figures reveals interesting trends for the nation, as well as for Victoria, Tasmania, the NT and ACT, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. Ok..everywhere but New South Wales. Just...
About this time each Census cycle we sometimes get the question ‘Isn’t the data from the last Census a bit outdated?’. In this piece, we discuss why – in Census terms – 2016 isn’t...
The ABS will be removing the ‘number of motor vehicles’ topic from the 2021 Census, along with a number of other changes that will be significant to people in the local government sector, including...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Background One of. id’s blog readers recently contacted .id requesting further information regarding the age profile of younger persons across Australia and South Australia and the State’s Indigenous communities. This is an important subject...
The 2016 Census contains data on how people got to work on Census day. This is one of only two transport-related topics in the Census (the other one being ‘Number of motor vehicles’), and...
Highlights from the latest population figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics Victoria continues to be the fastest growing state in Australia Net overseas migration at the highest levels since 2009 Interstate migration...
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...
The ABS Census is a critical resource that offers us invaluable insights into our communities and how they are changing. More than just a set of numbers and tables, census data tells us a...
Forecasting the future population is a highly complex undertaking that incorporates a large number of inputs, detailed underlying assumptions, sophisticated modelling, and a huge amount of knowledge and experience. We often get asked about the...
Let’s face it, analysing and managing Census data can be a complex beast. At .id, we invest a huge amount of time understanding and applying Census data, so we thought we’d share some of...
Second release data released by the ABS October 23rd marked the second release of 2016 Census data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. While about 75% of Census topics came out in June (and...
