Forecasting in New Zealand – Building regional knowledge in the Wellington Region
How do regional population growth, migration and movement affect local populations? Two new Territorial Authorities in the Wellington Region have recently obtained forecast.id population and household forecasts – Hutt City and Porirua...
Spotlight on Footscray's changing housing market
In a rapidly growing and gentrifying area, what are the implications for community facilities?
Western Sydney – The relationship between population and employment projections
The Western Sydney University engaged .id to develop small area population, labour force and employment projections for the Greater Western Sydney region. These projections were required to understand the...
Are investors responsible for all the vacant dwellings?
Recently the City Futures Research Centre at the UNSW published a blog article that suggested that there was a link between vacant dwellings and rental yields. It concluded that dwelling vacancy rates were...
What is your place of work doing to encourage Te Reo Māori?
I used to work with a team of customer service staff who dreaded Māori Language week each year because customers would often react angrily to a Māori salutation. Thankfully that was many years ago and Te Reo...
The places with the least population change
The ABS releases a publication called “Regional Population Growth” every March, and the media (and .id) focusses mainly on which areas are growing the most, and which areas are declining. A majority of areas...
Using data to inform community engagement - Who do we REALLY need to plan for?
By Keith Davis, Manager Urban Design, City of Unley, South Australia.
Latest population figures: Top 50 largest cities and towns in Australia in 2016
This is the latest release of the Top 50 cities and towns in Australia, which we do every year, following the ABS release of their Regional Population Growth publication. As we’ve previously seen, Australia,...
Will Melbourne’s population overtake Sydney? Maybe in…
The rivalry between Australia’s two largest cities has been going on for a long time. At .id we don’t seek to say which one is “better”, but just which one is bigger!
The changing fortunes of population growth – Sydney and Perth
One of the more interesting demographic trends in the last couple of years has been the turnaround in the fortunes of Sydney and Perth. Just a few short years ago Perth was the fastest growing capital city in...
The implications of lower levels of home ownership on social capital
My previous blog took a look at rising rental activity across New Zealand. Higher levels of renting seemed to roughly correspond with less affordable home ownership levels. But why does it really matter if...
Latest figures show population further concentrated in Australia’s capital cities
The ABS Regional Population Growth (3218.0) publication shows the distribution of population growth across Australia, place by place. One interesting trend which it shows as accelerating is the skewing of...
Mortality in demography – when, how and where do people die?
Of the three components of demographic change, the least discussed is mortality. After all, who wants to sound morbid talking about death? But as demographers, we need to understand when, how and where people...
Using location analysis to effectively deliver community service programs and measure performance
The Saver Plus program has assisted over 30,000 Australians build their financial capability and learn to save.
Biggest, fastest, slowest - latest population growth and change in Australia
Each year the ABS releases population data for LGAs and other small area geographies in Australia, and the latest publication was recently released. As always there’s some very interesting data in this release,...
Is the Census private and why does it matter?
On 18th December 2015, the ABS put out this media release on privacy of Census data. I didn’t notice, and I follow the ABS quite closely. Most people didn’t notice, possibly due to the proximity to Christmas....
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.
Choosing the right population forecast for local area planning: case study
We sometimes get asked by our local government clients, “Why would I use .id’s forecasts? The state government has their own population projections and they require us to use those.” We are well placed to...
Renting levels are on the increase in New Zealand
Home affordability is a big deal in many parts of New Zealand. On a weekly basis, there a predictable bruhaha in the media about Auckland alone. The following infographic depicts levels of affordability for...
How demography helped Richmond Football Club double its membership numbers
For anyone interested in how demography can help in membership/consumer growth, targeted fan engagement and overall consumer strategy, you may find this video interesting. It’s a presentation we gave at the...
Global honours: Top 7 Intelligent Community spot for Whanganui
Is it a digital take on no. 8 wire and baling twine?
