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Community based indicators in Australia – Establishment and use

Community based indicators in Australia – Establishment and use. Dr Paul Jelfs Assistant Statistician Australian Bureau of Statistics. Introduction. Community Indicators Sponsor S cope Establishment Use Examples National State Local. What is a community indicator?.

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Community based indicators in Australia – Establishment and use

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  1. Community based indicators in Australia –Establishment and use Dr Paul JelfsAssistant StatisticianAustralian Bureau of Statistics

  2. Introduction • Community Indicators • Sponsor • Scope • Establishment • Use • Examples • National • State • Local

  3. What is a community indicator? • …a measure of a characteristic of a population or an environment that has been agreed upon by stakeholders and is presented publicly for review. • … measuring systems designed and developed by community members themselves…build a three dimensional picture of the social and environmental health of particular communities, … towards improving quality of life outcomes

  4. What is a community? • a broad concept that extends from local neighbourhoods right up to State or national aggregations • could be related to specific population groups e.g. new migrants, school students and their families

  5. Who drives community indicators? - Sponsor • Governments – National, State, local? • Community • Academics • Media? • Partnerships

  6. Why build community indicators? - Scope • Types of application of indicators • discovery of information sources • identification of key social issues • focus community and government attention • track social, environmental, economic issues • trends, differentials - population groups or areas • new or emerging issues and problem magnitude • measure performance or response to interventions

  7. Challenges in forming indicators? - Establishment • Examples: • data supply, appropriateness and accuracy • data definition • display and interpretation of indicators • data timeliness and geographical scale • stakeholder engagement and debate • publication and communication

  8. What are community indicators used for? - Use • Media – expose poor performance, highlight areas of neglect • Community members – advocating for resources, highlighting isolated populations • Politicians – planning for services, initiating social programs • Policy Depts – establishing & evaluating programs • Researchers – seeking cause and effect relationships between outcome variables and inputs • Service providers – defining service populations, service impact

  9. National indicators

  10. Health

  11. Education “STATE Education Minister Rod Welford has blamed indigenous and remote area students for dragging down Queensland's academic performance.” Courier Mail – September 22 2008

  12. Social Income of full-time workers in boom towns Source: 2001 and 2006 ABS Censuses of Population and Housing; Consumer Price Index, Australia

  13. State based indicators

  14. Crime rates – VictoriaCrimes against a person, 2006

  15. Education and Employment

  16. NSW – State Plan

  17. Local indicators

  18. Waverley Council - Sydney

  19. Conclusion • Building indicators… • they bring together a range of interests and perspectives to consider and debate longer term implications of change. • a means of building community capacities because they enable the development of skills in measuring assessing and evaluating social and environmental data

  20. Indicator examples • Social • Australian Social Trends http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4102.0 • Measures of Australia’s Progress http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/1383.0.55.001 • Education • National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy Tests http://www.naplan.edu.au/ • Health • NHPC (www.health.qld.gov.au/nathlthrpt/performance.asp) • NHPA (www.aihw.gov.au/nhpa/index.cfm) • Local indicators • Victoria (www.communityindicators.net.au) • Waverley (New South Wales) http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/publications/mgmntplan/2007/ManPlanReview_1stQuarter2007_2008.pdf

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