- PLANET
- 7 CPD POINTS
The Australian Census data, one of the best in the world, provides advanced demographics information useful to inform decision-making in most planning contexts. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) offers free access to information and tools to ensure all planners can improve their analysis using graphs, maps and tables with demographic.
This course introduces participants to data from the latest Census 2016 as well from previous years. Participants of the course will learn direct application of the census data to practical planning examples in disciplines such as statutory and strategic planning, property development and transport analyses. The course uses free online tools, open-source desktop software along with applications in Microsoft Office.
Designed for
- Engineers, planners and any other practitioners from the private and public sectors that need to use census data.
- Researchers, lecturers, teachers and other educational staff from schools and universities interested in fostering their demographic and regional analytical skills.
- Property developers, real estate staff and other professionals needing to better understand urban and regional population markets today and their trends in the future.
- Environmental scientists, ecologists, anthropologist and natural resource managers looking to incorporate population variables in their analysis and decision-making processes.
Learning outcomes
An introduction to the Australian Census 2016 including data structure.
Online and desktop tools for processing and analysing demographic data for a specific geographic area.
Strategies to produce graphs, tables and maps based on Census data
Presenter
Dr Daniel Paez has a PhD from The University of Melbourne in Geomatics. He has significant experience in planning and has published and presented extensively on topics including digital mapping, strategic transport planning and land-use assessments. Daniel has worked for local and state governments in Victoria in policy developments and planning assessment.
Today, Dr Paez has his own private practice and he works as a strategic land use and transport planner for international organizations such as the World Bank and as a Senior Industry Advisor for the University of Melbourne. Daniel has been a trainer for PLANET courses for over 10 years with outstanding feedback from participants
Terms & Conditions
Refund & Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend a course for which you are registered, you must cancel your registration no later than 14 days prior to the course. Registrations cancelled more than 14 days prior to the course date will not incur any fees and a full refund will be granted. If you cannot attend and you are within 14 days of the course date, you can transfer your registration to another PLANET course (of the same value) or to another person as a replacement attendee, provided we have at least 48 hours’ notice of your decision to transfer. We cannot issue refunds or credits.
If you do not attend on the day a full fee will be charged.
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- Price
- 91porn Members: $345 | Non-Members: $490 | We kindly ask that this invoice is paid before the event.
- CPD Points
- 7
- When
- Thursday, 22 August 2024, 9:30am-5:00pm
- Where
- Online - Zoom | Hosted from VIC
- Registrations Close
- 21st Aug 24 9:00 AM