Census Report (40%)
Human Geography
Due Date: end of week 13 (midnight Sunday)
Figure 1: Population MapsSubmit: Turnitin Blackboard
Select a place in Australia and develop a 2000 word report based on the ABS census data http://www.abs.gov.au/census for your selected place.
Place (~500 words)
Provide a brief outline of the geography of your suburb/town, the perceptions of place, and, identify a key process relating to it. You can draw on historical, media and/or scholarly references for this section.
Population Pyramids (3 population pyramids required) (~250 words)
Present and analyse population pyramids for your selected suburb/town across describing how the population has changed (or not) across time. We will be completing an exercise on how to construct population pyramids in class.
(Important note: Check to see if the boundaries for your place have changed? If so, how can you accommodate for the changes to maintain a meaningful analysis?)
Profile (~500 words)
Develop a community profile for your selected place by choosing and analysing 3-4 indicators. You may wish to draw comparisons with state/national averages, changes across time, and/or comparisons with a related or contrasting suburb. Example of Indicators: income, education, employment, housing type, social and cultural characteristics.
Changes (~500 words)
From your analysis so far, identify and discuss a process of change occurring in your selected place (gentrification, urban consolidation, ageing, peri-urbanism, decline, or rather than “change” it could be stagnation, homogenisation … feel free to discuss with your tutor). This is a chance to bring in some academic literature to inform an understanding of the ABS statistics.
Example: The process of gentrification is something that affects inner city areas such as East Perth, Subiaco, Northbridge, and other similar place, and is often critiqued as the middle class displacing the working class; or a sea and tree change area like Margaret River might be experiencing an influx of upwardly mobile residents displacing or impacting on the longer term residents lifestyles.
Conclusion (~250 words)
Tie your report together in an informative way.