ACT Suburb Socio-Economic Index Percentages for 2006

A spreadsheet details the percentage of the ACT's 15-64 year old population within each Socio-Economic Index for Individuals (SEIFI) group for every state suburb. The data originates from the 2006 census and was used in the research paper 'Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas: Getting a handle on individual diversity within areas' by Phillip Wise and Rosalynn Mathews. Six collection districts were excluded due to populations below the ABS threshold.

Use Cases

• Map suburb-level SEIFI group percentages to visualize socio-economic disadvantage across the ACT.
• Analyze the distribution of the 15-64 year old population across the four SEIFI groups (most disadvantaged to least disadvantaged).
• Identify suburbs with high concentrations in Group 1 (most disadvantaged 20%) for targeted policy analysis.
• Compare socio-economic diversity between suburbs using the provided percentage breakdowns per SEIFI group.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a published research paper, providing methodological context.
• Covers all ACT state suburbs, offering a complete geographic picture for the territory.
• Explicitly lists the six excluded collection districts and the reason for their omission.

Limitations

• Dataset is based on the 2006 census, making it temporally stale for current analysis.
• Raw data structure is described as distributed across multiple sources, which may complicate aggregation.
• No column names or sample data are provided, hindering immediate understanding of the data schema.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data

Collection Method

Census data analysis for the 2006 period, as used in the cited research paper.

Time Range

2006

Freshness

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Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT), by state suburb.