Migrants and population growth Visual story-telling with data 15 May 2019 2019 Graduate Data Forum Christopher Short 1
Florence Nightingale 2
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Ideal Visualizations • Truthful • Functional • Beautiful • Insightful • Enlightening 5
Temporary - other Independent Student 6
How does population grow? 7
NOM is a population concept Net overseas migration (NOM) is the net gain or loss of population through immigration to Australia and emigration from Australia. ABS is the legislated source of truth on NOM 8
How does population grow? 9
Net overseas migration 10
Temporary - other Independent Student 11
Immigration 12
Immigration 13
Immigration 14
Immigration 15
Immigration 16
Immigration 17
Emigration 18
Net overseas migration 19
NOM 20
Claimed component shares • Natural increase: ~40% • Temporary visas: ~40% • Permanent visas: ~20% 21
Not even close to the right answer! • Natural increase: ~42% • Temporary visas: ~13% • Permanent visas: ~48% • Australian citizens: ~-4% 22
What determines NOM? 23
Pop. growth: 2010-11 to 2017-18 24
Pop. growth: 2010-11 to 2017-18 25
Truthful but not functional 26
Migration takes a long time 27
Migration takes a long time 28
Thank you • Communication is key • Data doesn’t always mean what you think the label says! 29
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