City of Vincent
The local council needed a comprehensive analysis of the economic and demographic landscape of their town centres to aid planning and identify areas of growth and opportunity.
.id developed a precinct analysis tool that utilised custom boundaries developed in collaboration with council. The tool adapted multiple datasets to provide estimates of leading economic and demographic indicators for each centre.
Our analysis highlighted the change occurring in each centre and what industries were driving it. The substantial growth in the Leederville Town Centre was shown to be driven by construction and utilities due to the head office of the Water Corporation.
The outcome for the council is evidence-based insights that can inform investment strategies, and strengthen community engagement efforts at the sub-LGA level.
In 2023, our consultants conducted a comprehensive analysis of multiple town centres within the City of Vincent. The local council was keen to gain insights that could inform a number of strategies connected to planning and the economic health of places. Here's what we found.
Between 2016 and 2021, Leederville Town Centre, which represented around 25% of total jobs in the City of Vincent, experienced growth in employment and value added well above the metropolitan average. Growth was led by the construction industry and utilities (connected to the Water Corporation's head office).
Analysis shows that locations within the city performed different roles and had even developed clusters of similar organisations/businesses over time. For example, North Claisebrook had an over-representation of industry unions and North Perth had a larger share of real estate agencies than the metro average.
Our economic consulting team is engaged by councils and organisations across Australia to provide in-depth insights behind the data. Our experts draw on their knowledge of urban and regional economic development and years of experience working with decision makers across Australia. This information is used by councils to develop evidence based economic development strategies, investment attraction plans and support grant applications.
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