demography

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Vaccination take-up rates are based on population estimates. For Australia as a whole, the ABS’s estimates of population are probably quite accurate. But the more localised the analysis, the greater the approximations required. Inaccuracies in population estimates are more likely in areas with large transient populations, particularly those who do not have citizenship or permanent residency. It’s probably not a coincidence that the Melbourne City Council area has the highest transient population and the lowest first dose vaccination rate in the whole of NSW and Victoria.Continue Reading

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Some links that have caught my eye this week: With the focus on the economic crisis in Europe, the beginning of a demographic crisis has slipped under the radar as birth rates plummet, from the Economist. Alex Dunnin analyses the winners and losers from the Productivity  Commission’s recommendations on MysuperContinue Reading