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COMSIS supporting the Department of Communities evidence-based planning Office of Economic and Statistical Research Knowledge leaders for smarter decision making. OESR Support. OESR has developed three information tools to support the evidence-based planning within Department of Communities
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COMSIS supporting the Department of Communities evidence-based planning Office of Economic and Statistical Research Knowledge leaders for smarter decision making
OESR Support • OESR has developed three information tools to support the evidence-based planning within Department of Communities • COMSIS • Communities Regional Profiles • Thematic Mapping
Development Process Define Indicators Gather Data LoadData COMSIS Regional Profiles Thematic Mapping
COMSIS • Department of Communities Statistical Information System (COMSIS) • On-line database query tool • Provides easy and immediate access to broad range of key demographic, social and economic indicators • Small area data concorded to Communities regions based on common ASGC (2001) • Generated results (tables) can be printed, saved, or imported into other applications
Communities Regional Profiles • Standardised set of statistical reports based on 10 Communities regions • Report structure is defined, but data tables and commentary automatically updated with latest statistics from database • Reports cover 27 selected social and economic indicators over 21 pages • Profiles previously compiled manually by 10 Communities staff over 6 weeks. Now compiled with extended range of indicators in 35 seconds!
Thematic Mapping • Mapping system currently in development • Provide automatic spatial distribution of attributes from selected indicators within COMSIS database • Allows for quick visual identification of data relationships between geographic regions
Demonstration • COMSIS • Communities Regional Profiles • Thematic Maps