A good society is where communities have access to employment, housing, health, and education. A society that purposefully makes informed decisions towards these goals, measures, and reviews progress.
Having a vision, if you really believe in it, can be a powerful way of guiding your work and having an impact.
For the first time, the Census collected data about selected long-term health conditions in the community. Respondents were asked if they had been diagnosed with a specific condition from a list of conditions. The conditions account for approximately 60% of Australia’s deaths, or contribute substantially to the disease burden. What do the new long-term health questions tell us, and how can the data help local decision-making?
On 24 August, our social researcher Daniel Evans delivered a keynote address at the 2022 National Growth Areas Alliance Research Symposium where he showcased the values, local area experiences, overall liveability, and future needs of those who make their home in a metropolitan growth area. The speech was delivered in support of our latest offer to local government, Living in Place
Investing in education assets to address skill shortages
Australia has a shortage of healthcare professionals and the shortage is expected to get worse as the demand for healthcare services increases. In this blog, economist John Kim shows how investing in education infrastructure can help a regional area address skill shortages and generate significant economic benefits.
Keynote Presentation at LGAQ - Economic and Demographic disruption
Lead urban economist, Rob Hall has drawn on .id’s Economic Health Check reports to deliver a keynote presentation at the recent LGAQ conference. This presentation provided insights into the impact of demographic and economic disruption underway, how it plays out differently across regions and what local councils can do to support transition.
Vacant dwellings - keep calm and dig a little deeper
With each new Census release, it’s always interesting to see which of the headline findings become the most discussed. This year, unoccupied dwellings seem to have caught the media’s attention. Georgia looks at the nuances of unoccupied dwellings which are sometimes overlooked by media reporting.
The second release of the ABS Census 2021 is expected to be available on 12th October 2022. The release includes employment, qualification and journey to work data which will be used to update economy.id. This blog outlines the release details and how data will flow through to economy.id.
Full steam ahead! Since the first release of Census data from the ABS at the end of June, we have been rolling out updates to our information tools. Nearly all first-release topics are complete on your community profiles for all geography levels. More than 130 maps have been updated with 2021 Census data on your social atlases. (Each individual social atlas has a custom subset of the maps available.) We will continue updating all sites progressively as we prepare for the second release from the ABS on October 12.
