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Where is the best place to put the .id links on your website?
Local governments subscribe to .id tools for their own use, and also to provide the information to their communities, local businesses, investors and potential residents. In doing so, they provide links from their own website to the .id...
economy.id ? using the infrastructure page for promotion
Forty councils and regions across Australia have now signed on to economy.id, the online economic and workforce profile. economy.id helps councils to describe, explore and promote their economy. You can see the...
How to get the most out of your social atlas
Most councils who subscribe to profile.id also have atlas.id. The online social atlas contains over 70 maps which allow you to see how different population groups are distributed across your LGA. But atlas.id...
Quartiles - a technique for comparing incomes across time and place
Income data is one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status. One of the most useful analysis tools in profile.id (and also used in economy.id) are income quartiles. They enable you to compare...
What is employment self-sufficiency?
In a recent blog we looked at employment self-containment, which is a measure that looks at the proportion of residents who work locally. Self-sufficiency is the opposite side of the coin. It looks at what...
What is employment self-containment?
Self-containment of employment and self-sufficiency of employment are two terms which are often used in Local Government, but they have varying definitions from place to place, and their usefulness also varies....
Counting employment – which figures to use
One of the most important bits of economic information a council can have is about employment. However there are different ways of measuring employment and it can be confusing figuring out which one to use.This...
Understanding the new ABS Geography part 4. SA3s and SA4s
The ABS is introducing a new geographic classification, which means the geography for which statistics are generated from a wide variety of collections, including the Census, is going to change radically. This...
Dominant-emerging analysis – a simple technique for turning data into knowledge
At training sessions for profile.id and economy.id, we often get asked how to interpret some of the data presented in these tools. We suggest a simple but powerful technique called “dominant-emerging” analysis...
New ABS Geography part 3. Replacing SLAs with SA2s
Probably the most radical change in the new ABS geography is the move to SA2s (“Statistical Area Level 2” – another imaginative name…). These replace Statistical Local Areas (SLAs), which were always a bit...
The power of data download
With the user-friendly interface of profile.id, it’s easy to get most information you are seeking, by navigating around using the menu options and tabs. But if you are seeking specific information, data...
How to identify a gentrifying area?
Pilates, goat’s cheese: there goes the neighbourhood
Should I use Enumerated or Usual Residence data?
One of the most common questions we are asked about Census data is whether it’s best to use Enumerated or Usual Residence data when making statements about populations. Our Census product, profile.id, gives...
