Community Planning Tools

These community planning tools available for purchase from the The Public Practice Pty Ltd. turn raw Census data into useful facts that can inform planning and decisions.

The Public Practice Pty Ltd are a social planning firm that focuses on improving the way professionals and volunteers work in and with communities to make life better. `

It has assisted many organisations clarify their objectives and restructure their operations so they can provide a more effective service.

The Public Practice works with management bodies, staff and users to assemble constructive proposals for organisational development.

The Public Practice Community Development Tools explore the people, housing, economy and culture of any community. They analyse and compare facts from Census and other sources to tell you things you never knew about your community.   Graphs and Charts are included in the data.

The Public Practice is a licensed re-seller of Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

The Public Practice Tools:

• Portraits – describe characteristics of people in your community: Community, Resident, Worker, indigenous
• PopuLater - twenty-year population projections by age and sex are now available for Local Government Areas
• Community Projector - uses past trends to calculate the projected population, dwellings and vehicles in each locality in any future year
• Community Analyst - compares up to twenty localities within your community with two larger areas, providing a series of crucial social indicators across 50 Topics.
• Community Explorer- prepares a three-page, illustrated report showing how your community is changing over time and how it compares with Australia
• Age Profiler - analyses and reports on the characteristics of various age groups in your community.
• Demographic Data- a full set of the Basic Community Profiles from the 2001 and 1996 Census for all areas of Australia.
• Population Sketches - provide detailed information on the seven population groups that NSW Local Government Council must consider in their Social Plans.
• Needs Analyses - for busy people who don’t have time to investigate the wealth of data on your community that our Community Planning Tools provide
• Presentations and Seminars - to work through what your results mean, a senior consultant will attend your seminar, workshop or presentation.
• Community Plan Fostering – to help make your Community Plan a success at minimal cost, advising on the process and doing any bits you need

Follow this link for more information on the Public Practice Tools and their costs (opens in a new browser window)

For further information

Contact	:	Colin Menzies
Address	:	105 Hawthorne Pd, Haberfield, Sydney NSW Australia 2045
Phone	:	02 9716 8530
Fax	:	02 9716 4176
Email	:	info@publicpractice.net