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.id community monthly newsletter
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January 2013
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Greetings!
Blistering record-breaking heatwaves and all-round strange weather patterns remind us all of the catastrophic impacts of climate change.
There is no doubt that there are direct links between how we live in our towns and cities and the impacts we are having on the climate.
It's not just simply how many of us live here but HOW we live.
I have recently been asked about 'the future of the suburb' - and while suburban development is likely to continue to play a role in the provision of housing (as well as economic development), rapid outward low density growth of our cities cannot mindlessly continue.
We need innovative thinking to come up with solutions as to how we build infrastructure and housing in a way that addressed the simultaneous challenges presented to us by climate change and social change - the impacts of rapid growth and ageing.
At .id, our forecasting work shows us that innovative work is well under way where councils are implementing housing strategies that are building densities in and around centres.
Councils are eking out housing and commercial development opportunities within established urban areas.
These are the type of innovative policies we need.
Best wishes,
Ivan |
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 Local Focus
Using the Australia Profile to find out who lives in Melbourne
Melbourne is often described as Australia's sporting capital, home to iconic events such as the Boxing Day Test, the Australian Tennis Open and the F1 GP, not to mention the home of most of the AFL clubs. But the new Australia Community Profile shows there's much more to Melbourne and its people, and also helps to explain why sport makes up so much of the social fabric of Melbourne. read more..
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 What's up with the Economy? Healthcare is now Australia largest industry
The 2011 Census 2nd release revealed an intriguing result. Looking at the broad 19 standard industry divisions, the largest employer of workers in Australia is now the Health Care and Social Assistance Industry.
We have been told for a long time that this was a growth industry, but it has still taken many by surprise, particularly given that mining jobs get much of the media attention!
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 Census Matters Community profile for Australia is now online - what does it show?
The .id Australian Community Profile site makes it easy to analyse Census data for Australia as a whole, and also States and Capital Cities.
In this blog we explore what significant changes have occurred and in particular, the the settlement patterns of Australian residents born overseas...
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 Spotlight on NZ New Zealand's changing ethnic profile - what will the 2013 census reveal?
A crystal ball isn't necessary to predict that the 2013 census will confirm an increasingly diverse New Zealand population.
The "who", and "where" of this prediction requires more thought though, because the geographical spread and age profiles of New Zealand's main ethnic groups vary.
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inside .id
Meet the team
Matthew - Population Forecaster
Matthew heads up .id's population forecasting team. He has extensive demographic and specialist forecasting knowledge in both metropolitan and regional Australia.
Matthew had five years experience in the Department of Infrastructure (Vic), responsible for undertaking Regional State Government Population Forecasts and assisting in the production of the Metropolitan Melbourne Population Forecasts.
Since joining .id in 2000, Matthew developed a small area population forecasting model which is subscribed to by over 140 councils across Australia.
He went on to develop a sub-CCD based forecast for Victoria which enables users to obtain forecasts for any catchment. He is now extending these forecasts to NSW. If you want to know about the future of Australian cities, ask Matthew.
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A word from our researchers
What's with all these different employment figures?
I was recently asked by one of .id's clients as to why there was a difference between the employment figures produced by the Census, and those produced by the Dept of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) in their Small Area Labour Markets publication. The fact is, there are a lot of different employment statistics floating around - this blog tells you what's available, what the data says, and what the difference is between the collections. Read on to learn more.... read more.. | |
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Tips and Tricks
How to build a demographic story using profile.id
Understanding local population characteristics is more about developing a narrative than just looking at statistics. This new training video outlines, step by step, how to use profile.id to tell a compelling story about your local population..... read more.. | |
 Final word That's a Furphy! As users of the .id tools, you would be used to providing sound, verified information for use in making evidence-based decisions. In doing so you would often come across other commonly held views or opinions based on rumour, misinformation or just old data - which you use the .id tools to try and dispel. The well-known Australian slang term for such mistruths is a "Furphy".
But just where does this term come from, and what does World War 1 have to do with it?
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