Population and Migration

The recent mining boom in the states north (Whyalla) and the shortage of skilled people experienced by mining sector, steel industry, health and social sectors, has created the need to employ migrant population to fill these positions. Moreover, a government initiative to attract and push immigrants to regional areas with policy level changes has ....

This case study – Small Towns, Big Returns – provides new and important insights into the economic and social value that can accrue through these initiatives, and identifies factors that contribute to their success. These insights can both create the case for, and inform planning of, resettlement in other Australian communities. Report Loca ....

RDAGE has commissioned Planning Context to analyse a range of housing data and to provide an up-to-date commentary on both Indigenous and social housing specific to the Goldfields-Esperance region. The outputs envisaged for the project were the following: Produce a report which includes relevant data and provides commentary on both Indigenous ....

A rapid expansion of plantations occurred over 1991 to 2001 in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. From an estate of only 6,150 hectares in 1991, the total area of plantations expanded to just under 127,500 hectares by the start of 2001. Most plantations are located in three local government areas in the region - Albany ....

A large area of softwood plantation has been established in the South West Slopes (SWS) of New South Wales since the 1920s and plantation timber has been processed on a large scale in the region since the 1950s. There has been ongoing expansion in the volume of wood harvested, and in the capacity of processing facilities in the reg ....

Impacts of rural land development on natural resources in the United States have been well documented and research on rural land development provides important inputs to land conservation policy and program development. Although numerous landuse studies have been completed for the western and eastern states, still lacking is a single st ....

With the ever increasing cost of providing hospital and other health services, it is vital to have an accurate understanding of the different health needs of various categories of hospital users - for example the rich versus the poor, or city versus bush dwellers. For this study the authors started with a 1998-99 person-based NSW h ....

This report provides a summary of key trends in population growth and decline across Australia's regions, primarily between 2001 and 2009. The report highlights the role of migration in shaping Australia's settlement patterns, with a brief discussion on some of the underlying drivers. Report Locationhttp://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2011/rep ....

This report provides a summary of key trends in population growth and decline across Australia’s regions, primarily between 2001 and 2009. The report highlights the role of migration in shaping Australia’s settlement patterns, with a brief discussion on some of the underlying drivers. Report Locationhttp://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2011 ....

Except for the state of Tasmania, all States and Territories recorded gains in population in 1999 - 2000. At a regional level, differences in population change occurred as a result of the interplay of the components of population growth with internal migration as the main determinant of the level of population growth. This article  ....

The focus of the 2003-04 State of the Regions report is on how ageing, migration and population growth impact on the economic potential of regions and the revenue raising capacity of local government. The fundamental message from this year's report is that for many regions strong positive population growth with a broad based age composition will ....

The 2011-12 State of the Regions report critically examines the regional effects of the mining boom which took off in 2005. The report produces a balanced analysis of both the benefits and costs associated with the mining boom and the effect the mining boom is having on other industries, as well as the potential regional implications when the boo ....

This year's Report is timely given that it examines the future of regional development in light of the ongoing impacts of the patchwork economy, ever tightening fiscal budgets at both the national and jurisdictional levels, the darkening economic clouds in the United States of America and Europe. Consequently, the Report raises several questions ....

This is the fourteenth State of the Regions Report. The Report is commissioned by ALGA and prepared by National Economics. This year's report incorporates the latest census analysis examining population and migration, as well as distribution of employment, income and household wealth, including the scale of private savings and mortgage burden ....