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The Hills Shire
Sustainable Communities Conference
Ryan James, Demographer, 2017
A team of demographic, economic, forecast & place experts who use evidence and stories to:
Make better decisions Attract investment Shape communities
We monitor local places
Components
of Places
.id services in Action…
Grants and Funding submissions Strategic Planning
Social Service Planning
Social and Economic Impact Assessments
Population and Employment Projections Community Engagement
Place Profiling
Infrastructure Scheduling
Health and Wellbeing Planning Open Space Planning
Corporate Reporting Assets Management Economic Development
Australian Story…
Components of Growth…
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100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000 450000
1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
National Population Growth 1972 - 2016
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000 450000
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National Population Growth 1972 – 2016,
Showing net overseas Migration
Historical migration – national
Recent Arrivals 2007-2016 vs. Total Population
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
0-9 years 10-19 years 20-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60-69 years 70-79 years 80-89 years 90-99 years 100 years and
Recent Arrivals Total Popualtion over
Population Clock…
24,628,134
One person every 1 minute and 23 seconds
The Hills Story…
Before we get started on
The Hills Story…
Data Tools…
id.com.au/the-hills
Some questions to help guide us..
Where are we?
Where are we?
How big is this building?
Benchmarking
How have things changed over time?
Time-Series
Growth Decline
Time-Series
Speed of change
Size of change
Which topics
are best for my
purposes?
Tips for choosing topics:
Age is almost always relevant
Browse to find the unknown unknowns Make up a story and test it
Ask a friend
Google to see what other people are doing
Number 1 Tip for choosing topics…
Be Curious
id.com.au/the-hills
Summary
Define your area
Benchmark to other areas Consider Change over time
Browse, Browse & Browse again
BE CURIOUS
Bringing together in depth analysis:
demographic
economic
housing
