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State of the Regions 1994 to 2019
A land boom, a mining boom and their aftermath Beginning in 1996, NIEIR’s State of the Regions reports have documented the economic progress of Australia’s regions, both urban and country. Issued annually, each report has covered the current year and the immediate past. The reports chronicle a period of relatively stable growth, at national level, […]
Protected: The Future Workforce Melbourne’s North 2021-2031
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Protected: GOTAFE Inudstry Mapping
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Fast Train Project Macro Economic Assessment July 2020
STRONGER, TOGETHER – An independent state-wide macroeconomic assessment of fast regional commuter rail network impacts on Victorian settlement patterns, economic growth, fairness and opportunity. With a population approaching five million, the Melbourne metropolitan area accommodates around three-quarters of the population of Victoria. Five railway lines radiate from Melbourne towards a mixture of major provincial cities, towns, ex-urban areas and farmland. […]
The Geography of Personal and Household Incomes
Data from the Census of Australia Ian Manning, National Institute of Economic and Industry Research and charter member, Brotherhood of St Laurence Paper for the Australian Social Policy Conference, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales 11 September 2019 Download the full paper (pdf) Download the presentation (zip/pptx) “Data is not […]
Electricity generation by SOR regions
Australia generated around 247,109 GWh of electricity in the 2019 financial year, which included 196,723 GWh from fossil fuels and 50,386 GWh from renewable sources. In 2019 renewable energy made up 20.4 per cent of total generation, while in 2018 the proportion of renewable generation was 18.7 per cent. The following chart presents Australian annual […]
Distribution of household income: A 2016 snapshot
It is estimated that in 2016, 5.7 per cent of the population lived in households with very low incomes after allowance for household size. We identify poor households as those with incomes below the 10th percentile. Judged by the proportion of households with incomes at this level, the poorest regions were either remote or urban. […]
Exports to China by State (1996-2017)
Data originally published in State of Regions 2018.
A social geography of the Mornington Peninsula
This article was prepared for the George Hicks Foundation as part of a background paper for a meeting of philanthropists interested in work on the Mornington Peninsula. An evaluation of the costs and benefits of providing educational assistance to disadvantaged families living on the Peninsula is provided in a separate posting. Download here
Opportunities to create pathways to assist disadvantaged children in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
This article was prepared for the George Hicks Foundation as part of a background paper for a meeting of philanthropists interested in work on the Mornington Peninsula. A more detailed social geography of the Peninsula is provided in a separate posting. Download here
