Category Archives: Population

Ipswich helps Brisbane to top economic growth ranking

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Gene Tunny

The Brisbane Times this morning reported on an interesting new report from Jones Lang LaSalle which places Brisbane as the top major city for projected economic growth. Here’s the chart showing Brisbane’s dominance: Of course, this must refer to the … Continue reading →

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Gold Coast childcare magnate gives thanks to Peter Costello

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Australia’s fertility rate reached an historic low in 2001 of 1.73 babies per woman, but by the end of the decade it had risen to 1.90 babies per woman (see One for the Country: Recent Trends in Fertility) – an … Continue reading →

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Guest worker trial for sugar industry

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Gene Tunny

I was pleased to read the Federal Government has announced a trial guest worker scheme for the sugar industry drawing on temporary migrants from East Timor, Tonga, and PNG, among other countries in the region. The Bundaberg News-Mail reports: LABOUR … Continue reading →

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Queensland only third fastest growing State or Territory in 2010-11

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Unsurprisingly WA had the fastest growing population in 2010-11, and had a comfortable lead over the ACT in second place (Canberra must be hiring a lot  of new public servants) and Queensland in third place, according to new ABS demographic … Continue reading →

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Uni / college days the happiest in people’s lives

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Gene Tunny

That old folk wisdom about how your uni/college days are the best days of your life is confirmed by analysis of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), as reported in a new briefing paper released today: The period between … Continue reading →

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Lots of room for new Queenslanders

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Gene Tunny

I’ve used the ABS’s new National Regional Profile tool to pull out the population densities of some of my favourite places in Queensland – places where I’ve either lived, worked on interesting projects, wasted too much time, or where I … Continue reading →

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OESR expects Qld population growth to recover

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Gene Tunny

In the latest Queensland Economic Review, released today, Queensland Treasury’s Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR) expects a turnaround in Queensland’s population growth, which in recent years has been lacklustre, partly due to a decline in overseas student numbers … Continue reading →

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Australian life satisfaction 7th highest in OECD

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Australians are much more satisfied with their lives than Americans, New Zealanders and the British, but we fall short of the levels of satisfaction experienced in Denmark, Canada and Norway. From the new OECD publication How’s Life?:

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5,000 FIFO/DIDO workers forecast for Surat Basin

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Gene Tunny

OESR released its latest Surat Basin Population report on Friday, and it shows a big expected jump in fly in-fly out (FIFO) and drive in-drive out (DIDO) workers in the region in 2012 (see figure below). OESR notes: The projected … Continue reading →

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Queensland remains top destination for interstate migrants

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Gene Tunny

OESR’s latest Population Growth Highlights and Trends report released on Friday notes: Despite Queensland’s relatively low level of net interstate migration in 2010, its net gain of 7,200 was the largest of all Australian states. Victoria gained 2,900 new residents … Continue reading →

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