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Demographic websites

The Blue Mountains City Council provides us with the following demographic data:

• Current data (Profile) - containing statistical data from the 2006 Census.
• Maps (Atlas) - shows how a few statistical measures vary across the Blue Mountains.
• Forecasts - Population, Age distribution, and Household type for 2001 - 2021

You can go between these websites by clicking on the links under Other websites on the left hand side.

You can download a training manual at:
www.id.com.au/profile/pdf/profile_training_manual.pdf
You might not need this - the website is fairly easy to understand and use.

Current data

Link: www.id.com.au/profile/BlueMountains

Based on 2006 Census data.

Contains lots of statistics, including:

• Population and age distribution
• Birthplace, language spoken, religion, educational qualifications
• Income, index of socio-economic disadvantage
• Occupation, employment status, how we get to work
  • Where do we go to work
  • Where do people come from to work here
• Volunteer work
• Household type and size
• Housing: owner or renter, housing costs
• Internet connection

You can view this information for the Blue Mountains as a whole, or for a specific area.

You can download a report that shows all the data as a PDF file.
Each statistic is shown in a table and in a graph.
To download a report, click on Reports on the left hand side, and click the link for the area you are interested in.

You can create a customised table by clicking on Download data on the left hand side.
You then select the statistics, areas, and years you want in your table.
You can then copy this table into Excel, Word, etc.
You can also export it to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file, which can be opened by Excel; This is an excellent way to download data for further analysis.

Maps

Link: www.id.com.au/BlueMountains/Atlas

Currently based on 2001 Census data.

It only has a few statistics:

• People aged 0-4 years
• People aged 75 years and over
• One parent families with children 15yrs and younger
• Households without a car
• Housing stress (percent of income spent on housing)
• Index of socio-economic disadvantage

A convenient way to view the data is to download the report., by clicking on Report on the left hand side.
You then get a PDF file with all the maps and the tables of data.

Forecasts

Link: www.id.com.au/BlueMountains/ForcastId 

Currently based on 2001 Census data.

Makes predictions for:

• Total population
• Age distribution
• Household type
  • Couples with dependents
  • Couples without dependents
  • Single parent with dependents
  • Single person households
  • Group households

It shows predictions to 2021.

A convenient way to view the data is to download the report.
You then get all the data, presented as graphs and tables.
Click Report on the left hand side, and then click on the Area you want the report for.

Need more instructions?

There is a training manual located on each site.

Data from the 2006 census