The Stats Guy: The travel segment bucking the trend and soaring to pre-pandemic levels
The Australian domestic business traveller is a godsend to local economies. While business travellers are short on time – after all they...
The Stats Guy: Young workers seeking ‘meaningful work’ are a recipe for mass disappointment
Choosing a career provokes anxiety for young people. There are just so many choices, so many jobs, so many university degrees and...
The Stats Guy: In a shrinking world, Australia may soon compete for migrants
Ten months ago I introduced you to the concept of peak humanity using data from the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global...
The Stats Guy: Australia’s ageing-population crisis is almost upon us
Australia is home to 558,000 people aged over 85 years. In the last 20 years, this age group has actually doubled in...
The Stats Guy: We’re entering the golden decade for volunteering in Australia
A quick look at the 2021 Census data on volunteering is enough to make you lose hope in Australia. What happened to...
The Stats Guy: Increase in Indigenous population a proud moment for Australia
Earlier in the week I was able to have a sneak peak at the Census data. The joys of writing a column...
The Stats Guy: The mateship has sailed as Australian values shift
What do you value in your life? What do you really care about? What do you think Australia collectively cares about? Mateship,...
The Stats Guy: It’s worth knowing more about your electorate than just its name
Every Australian knows the state, city and suburb they live in. You likely write your address into some sort of online form...
The Stats Guy: What ‘COVID baby boom’? Australia’s birth rate is at record low
Australia has seen record low birth rates year after year for the last 12 years. Today we will be exploring why the...
The Stats Guy: How the pandemic transformed Victoria’s population patterns
We finally have access to small area population estimates for June 2021. That means we can now see how 15 months of...