Population
Regional economic
statistics
Lisa Conolly
Director, Rural and Regional Statistics
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About regional statistics at ABS
Why regional economic data is needed ?
Which regions ?
What do we know (and not know) ?
Future directions
National Regional Profile
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About regional statistics at ABS
Why regional economic data is needed?
Which regions ?
What do we know (and not know) ?
Future directions
Regional economic data uses
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Wellbeing - economic outcomes of policy
Distribution - of “economic wellbeing”
Micro-economic policy – industry and jobs
Regional economic development
Local planning –
– urban development, social services,
recreation, infrastructure, transport, etc..
What data is needed?
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Population, Participation, Productivity
Population growth and turnover
Labour market statistics
Industry statistics
Household economic wellbeing – wealth,
income
• Aggregate production – GRP, GVA
Some economic drivers
• Productive environment (innovation,
institutions, technology, knowledge
infrastructure, national & global context)
• Human resources (demography,
migration, social capital)
• Land (infrastructure, environment, quality of
place)
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About regional statistics at ABS
Why regional economic data is needed
Which regions ?
What do we know (and not know) ?
Future directions
Which regions?
• Administrative regions (State, LGA, RDA)
• Environmental regions (catchments, land
management)
• Service regions (health, tourism, transport)
• ABS statistical geography (Australian
Statistical Geography Standard - ASGS)
Local level economic data relates to ….
People
who
work
here
Businesses that
operate here
People that
live here
Statistical geography – SA4
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About regional statistics at ABS
Why regional economic data is needed
Which regions ?
What do we know (and not know) ?
Future directions
Information in State Accounts (5206.0)
Includes more than aggregate growth • Consumer behaviour
• Capital projects – GFCF
• Government operation
• Industry operation and distribution
• Income and wealth distribution
Sub-state economic data
What we know
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Some labour market characteristics
Counts of businesses
Personal income / Household income
Commuter patterns from Census data
We know less about…
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Value of production (apart from Agriculture)
Business performance
Regional prices
Personal or household wealth
Leichhardt LGA, NSW
Population in Leichhardt
• Estimated Resident Population in 2010
was 55,596
• Average Annual Growth Rate from 20052010 was 0.26%
• Population turnover between 2001 and
2006 was 75.2%
• 16 335 arrivals, 14 563 departures
Pensions & allowances –
Leichhardt (2004 – 2008)
Leichhardt Economic Portrait report; using Census 2006 data
Other census data used..
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Journey to work
Occupation
Highest qualifications
Hours of work
Birthplace of workers
Leichhardt Counts of Businesses
Local level economic data for Leichhardt
38,500
people
work
here
7,300 businesses
operate here
55,500
people
live here
Overview
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About regional statistics at ABS
Why regional economic data is needed
Which regions ?
What do we know (and not know) ?
Future directions
Regional data development
• Use administrative data sets
– Tax, Centrelink, Valuer generals
• Small area modelling
– Household wealth, regional economic models
• Data collection
– Census content development, local surveys
ABS future directions
• Harness administrative data opportunities
• Support regional data providers and local
data collections
• Prioritise regional economic data needs
– Develop business cases for regional data
development work
• Collaborate on regional case studies of
national significance
Talk to us !
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data
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Thankyou
regional.statistics@abs.gov.au
lisa.conolly@abs.gov.au