With the Commonwealth Games cancelled, Regional Victoria needs investment in housing & health services
The 2026 Regional Victoria Commonwealth Games have been cancelled. As the impacted cities and towns come to terms with what this means for their community and local area economy, Daniel Evans takes a look at what Regional Victorians...
Three key insights from the Living in Australia 2023 – Liveability Survey
The Living in Australia 2023 – Liveability Survey launch webinar (watch it HERE) highlighted findings from a large and nationally representative survey exploring Australians’ values, experiences, views on local...
Exploring the industry sectors that make your region unique
.id has recently launched a new tool to help communities understand and promote their strategic industries. In today’s blog, we explore the insights we found from exploring the Creative and Cultural sector in...
Australia’s population booms again with post-COVID migration surge
In 2022, Australia’s population grew by record numbers – our largest ever recorded increase a calendar year. This was driven largely by a surge in international migration. Glenn breaks down the story by state...
Could private capital resolve our housing crisis?
Could property investment capital be redirected to offer new solutions to Australia’s housing crises? Why aren’t existing solutions gaining traction? A summary of the PEXA / LongView housing whitepaper,...
The top 50 largest cities and towns in Australia, 2022 edition
Demographer Glenn Capuano provides the latest update to the top 50 cities and towns in Australia.
What's shaping population in Australia's growth areas?
As Australia’s new suburbs continue to accommodate much of the country’s population growth, it becomes crucial to adapt housing and services to meet the evolving demands of their growing share of maturing...
What factors cause growth or decline in the school-aged population of places?
By 2041, our forecasts show Australia will have 624,000 more school-aged children than it did in 2021; 252,000 primary school-aged (5-11), and 372,000 secondary-school aged (12-17). And every one of these...
Ten areas in your state that need to plan for more school students
Just as schools have evolved beyond ‘chalk and talk’ in the education experience they provide our kids, the profession of demographic forecasting has developed in recent years to the point where school planning...
Understanding demographics is key to helping communities facing barriers
With the recent release of 2021 SEIFA data, local governments in Australia now have a complete range of powerful demographic and socioeconomic information from the 2021 Census to use when assessing the...
Surging overseas migration: a Covid correction or the new normal?
Anyone following the news cycle in the lead-up to the federal budget will have heard the figure of ‘400,000 people from overseas coming to Australia this year’. That level of migration has created headlines...
The devil is in the detail: how to pinpoint the location of population growth
If you’re planning for future demand for a product, service or piece of infrastructure, a population forecast will be an important part of your evidence base.
Early insights from 2023 NIEIR State of the Regions dataset
.id recently published the 2023 NIEIR State of the Regions (SOR) dataset. This dataset is the country’s only economic and employment dataset that provides annual economic and employment information at the LGA...
‘Living in Parramatta’ report and views.id platform launch
The Community Views team are thrilled to launch the ‘Living in Parramatta’ Views report and access to the views.id online reporting platform.
Advantage and disadvantage across Australia: SEIFA 2021
Where are the most advantaged and disadvantaged areas in Australia? Census expert Glenn Capuano explains the SEIFA indexes and explores the results of the recently released 2021 update.
Is renting in Australia broken?
At a time when more people are renting for longer, the rental market is facing a series of challenges. Rental affordability and availability is decreasing for those most in need, while the rental experience...
Has Melbourne overtaken Sydney to become Australia’s largest city?
Has Melbourne’s population really overtaken Sydney’s? With the latest Regional Population dataset from the ABS just out, Glenn digs into the detail behind the headlines. Hint: it’s all about how you define a...
Regional population growing at the same rate as capital cities
A new data release from the ABS gives us insight into how population is changing in small areas across Australia. This post includes an interactive map of population growth and decline for all local government...
What are the long-term drivers of Australian house prices?
Daniel summarises the whitepaper What drives Australian house prices over the long term?, which takes an interesting long-term view on the economics of house prices including the combination of our demographic...
Rate of homelessness falls during the pandemic, but not everywhere
Newly released Census 2021 data shows the overall rate of homelessness in Australia has fallen since 2016. But this is by no means the end of the story; as is always the case with these sorts of trends, the...
Have your say on the topics included in the 2026 Census
The Census never sleeps. While there is still some information yet to be released from the 2021 Census, the ABS is already well under way preparing for the next Census in 2026, including taking submissions on...
