COMSIS
supporting the Department of
Communities evidence-based
planning
Office of Economic and Statistical
Research
Knowledge leaders for smarter decision making
OESR Support
• OESR has developed three information tools
to support the evidence-based planning
within Department of Communities
– COMSIS
– Communities Regional Profiles
– Thematic Mapping
Development Process
Define
Indicators
Gather
Data
Load Data
COMSIS
Regional
Profiles
Thematic
Mapping
COMSIS
• Department of Communities Statistical
Information System (COMSIS)
• On-line database query tool
• Provides easy and immediate access to broad
range of key demographic, social and
economic indicators
• Small area data concorded to Communities
regions based on common ASGC (2001)
• Generated results (tables) can be printed,
saved, or imported into other applications
Communities Regional Profiles
• Standardised set of statistical reports based
on 10 Communities regions
• Report structure is defined, but data tables
and commentary automatically updated with
latest statistics from database
• Reports cover 27 selected social and
economic indicators over 21 pages
• Profiles previously compiled manually by 10
Communities staff over 6 weeks. Now
compiled with extended range of indicators in
35 seconds!
Thematic Mapping
• Mapping system currently in development
• Provide automatic spatial distribution of
attributes from selected indicators within
COMSIS database
• Allows for quick visual identification of data
relationships between geographic regions
Demonstration
• COMSIS
• Communities Regional Profiles
• Thematic Maps