ABC visualise census data in interactive graphs
Posted Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 7:51 pm by Jason Cartwright
By now a lot of Australians have already completed their Census form. It is estimated that around one third of Australians will complete the 60 questions online. This year marks 100 years since census data began collection in Australia and occurs every 5 years. While some have questioned the validity of spending $440Million on surveying the nation, it’s hard to ignore the data can be useful.
ABC News have created a very interesting way of presenting past census data. Using interactive graphs, it allows you to compare population numbers, religious affiliation, life expectancy, employee earnings and more. Futurists are also catered for with projections about future numbers, for instance, its estimated that by 2101 Australia will have a population of 44.7 Million of which 25% will be over 65.
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Victorian Government release Data Directory
Posted Friday, February 26, 2010 at 3:03 pm by Jason Cartwright
As part of the ‘App My State’ Competition, the Victorian government has released 92 pieces of raw data for developers to use. These range from Skate Parks to Crime statistics, even projected populations till 2056, so much data, so many possibilities. The really interesting part will be seeing what creative developers use the data to create.
Available in .csv files, the data is easily imported into excel and turned into graphs, but more interestingly will be web-sites driven by databases, fuelled with this open data.
It’s an interesting project and on that displays openness and transparency rarely seen by the government. What’s important to remember is that it’s our tax payer dollars that pay for the surveys that lead to most of this data in the first place.
It’s important to note that there are already two Australian Government data directories running:
Go nuts people.
The Victorian Government Data Directory is at http://data.vic.gov.au
