geodemographic resources

There is a lot happening in geodemographics throughout the world, particularly in the UK, which is at the forefront of technical developments in the field. Here are some interesting UK references…

Market Research Society of the UK Geodemographics Knowledge Base

The site has been produced by the Census and Geodemographics Group of MRS, the world’s largest association representing providers and users of market ...
www.geodemographics.org.uk

The Future of Geodemographics - conference presentations

2 April - This one-day conference brought together experts from all sides of the information industry to talk from their various perspectives about the future of Geodemographics, the impact of new data sources and the implications for society...
www.mrs.org.uk/networking/cgg/cggmar08_prog.htm

Internet-based neighbourhood information systems and their consequences...

17 October - This study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at the emergence of internet-based information systems (IBNIS), examining a range of sites in detail. Based on interviews with those involved in the development of such sites in the UK and USA, it looks at how technology can be used to classify and sort people and places.
www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/0405.asp

A little known fact about using the Place of Usual Residence data from the 2006 Australian Census is the under-enumeration of the Occupied Private Dwellings measure of households. Analysts ignore this problem at their peril. rda has done a lot of research on this matter and produced the following document for use by its clients. Please contact rda to get a copy of this enlightening paper.

The ABS provides a portal for access to the 2001 and 2006 Census databases on their website. The data is accessible by location and topic and is supported by a mapping capability. If you have a straightforward need, then this may be just the thing for you. Check it out at www.censusdata.abs.gov.au.