Citizenship in the Census
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, using this data, lists the LGAs in...
Three towns, three stories – the diverse demography of regional Australia
In this piece, we give you a sneak preview of a presentation that Glenn is giving today that shows not all regional towns have the same demographic story.
Map: which LGAs in our fastest-growing states show the highest rates of housing stress?
Following her previous blog about housing stress, a number of people contacted Georgia wanting to know where housing stress was playing out at more of a local level. We’re only looking at New South Wales and...
Measuring gender equity in your community
A new module in our community profiles makes it possible to compare the demographic characteristics of women and men in your area. Glenn shares some of the insights on offer from this new feature that evolved...
Which parts of Australia are growing through internal migration
Internal migration’ is the forgotten component of population change. In this, the third and final part in his three-part series on the components of population change, Glenn looks at the places in Australia...
How to measure housing stress in your local government area
Georgia Allan shares some work we’ve done with the ABS in response to a recent change to the definition of ‘housing stress’ in some parts of Australia. This change enables our local government partners to...
NZ Census Update: September 2019 for the first release
Following yesterday’s announcement from Stats NZ, Penny Bloomberg updates us on the latest plan for releasing data from the 2018 New Zealand Census.
Where do overseas migrants go in Australia?
Overseas migration has been – and continues to be – a significant part of Australia’s population growth in recent years. In this, the second part of his Components of population change series, Glenn looks at...
How much of your area’s growth comes from ‘natural increase’?
Australia’s population is growing, but what is driving that growth? Natural increase, or the balance of births and deaths in a given area, is one cause of population change. In this blog, Glenn looks at the...
What’s happening with the New Zealand 2018 Census results?
We’re continuing to receive questions from our friends in local government about the New Zealand Census – what happened, when is it being released, and what do the changes mean for me? Penny Bloomberg gives you...
The PM’s population policy: a NOM event
With last night’s budget, the Treasury published forecast assumptions about Net Overseas Migration (NOM) – the net effect of people coming to and leaving Australia. These figures contrast starkly with the...
A map of the fastest growing cities in Australia (2019 update)
With the release of the latest population figures from the ABS this week, Glenn gives us the highlights, including a map showing which local government areas are most affected by population changes and a...
Who are Australia’s volunteers? (the 2019 update)
Nearly one-in-five people volunteered in the 12 months prior to the 2016 Census. In this piece, Glenn shares his 2019 update to the Australian volunteering story, highlighting the age groups that are most...
How has your local economy fared in recent years? (interactive charts)
Two years is a long time in economic development at the local government level. .id economist, Keenan Jackson, has prepared this analysis with interactive charts for every local government area in Australia,...
Demographic profiles for small towns in regional areas
Glenn introduces Locality Snapshots – a new feature in our community profiles to give you localised demographic data for small towns that are usually bundled in with larger regional centres.
The impact of falling house prices on local economies
The recent dip in house prices has implications for local economic development, particularly in our largest cities, says .id’s Senior Urban Economist, Rob Hall.
The tricky thing about planning for affordable housing
After speaking with a number of council planning teams, we confirmed our suspicions: preparing an evidence base for their housing strategy is harder than it should be. A small team at .id have launched a new...
Whangarei District- riding the Auckland wave?
Whangarei District Council recently joined the .id stable with the launch of their Community Profile and Social Atlas tools. Penny looks at what’s behind the rapid population growth in this idyllic corner of...
A demographic profile of the South Sudanese population
We received a question this week about how we display country-of-birth data for people from newly formed nations, such as South Sudan, and those that no longer exist, such as the former Yugoslavia. Glenn...
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 the Erasmus...
Australia's population growth slows (a little)
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...
