GPH100 Human Geography
Assignment 2: Report
By Natasha Worceste
Student ID: XXXXXXXXXX
Place
The subject of this report will be the the local government area (LGA) of the Greater City of Dandenong, established in 1994 in the state of Victoria, located approximately 34km south-east from the Melbourne CBD. The Greater City of Dandenong is one of 34 cities within Victoria and a particularly unique place for a number of reasons. It has a significant industrial economy, comprised of 12,542 businesses responsible for $75,000 of Gross Regional Products (GRP) according to the statistics posted by the ‘City of Greater Dandenong’ website. Notably, 31% higher than the states GSP (Gross States Product) per capita of $57,000. These products were mainly, but not limited to, manufacturing automotive parts, trucks and caravans and metal fa
ication. Greater Dandenong is also well-known for their community’s ethnic diversity. According to the 2016 Census ‘General Community profile’, out of the 152,050 residence that reside in Greater Dandenong, 87,768 were born overseas. That is more than half of the cities population that have migrated from other countries, the majority being from India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Most likely due to the house price flattening in the 1990’s, migrants were able to afford to move to Australia. Greater Dandenong was especially attractive to prospective residents because of their employment opportunities within the manufacturing industry, proximity to a large hospital, established railway system, private and public schooling and home to a major shopping complex, Dandenong Plaza.
Population Pyramids
Below are three population pyramids comprised from Greater Dandenong’s population by their age range, divided by gender. They cover the years of 2001, 2011 and 2016.
From immediate impressions, the distribution of each of the graphs are fairly similar, especially between 2011 and 2016, as they seem to peak and trough in the same manner. Contrary to the 2001 graph, 2011 and 2016 appears to have more people under the age of 35, whereas 2001, has a more even distribution between the young adults to middle aged range. This may largely be due to the affordability of houses in the area, as the average age of Australians first home buyers are is around 25-35 years old, Greater Dandenong provides affordable homes in an upcoming area.
In addition, the population growth is evidently growing exponentially. Between the years 2001 to 2011 there was a population growth rate of approximately 1500 people per year, across 10 years. Later increasing to approximately 2400 persons per year between the years of 2011 and 2016 within a 5-year gap. This can merely be chalked up to the soaring population of Australia as a whole. Since Greater Dandenong is a local government area close to the CBD, people tend to favour places closure to cities, as there are more opportunities for jobs beyond the manufacturing industry, such as a business for example and also educational opportunities.
Profile
Changes
Conclusion
Reference
Greater Dandenong Population Pyrimid 2001
Males 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years 50-54 years 55-59 years 60-64 years 65-69 years 70-74 years 75-79 years 80-84 years 85-89 years 90-94 years 95-99 years 100 years and over -4027.0 -4281.0 -4124.0 -4762.0 -4828.0 -4662.0 -4533.0 -4645.0 -4598.0 -4329.0 -4147.0 -3511.0 -2718.0 -2266.0 -1906.0 -1353.0 -780.0 -327.0 -99.0 -17.0 -7.0 Females 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years 50-54 years 55-59 years 60-64 years 65-69 years 70-74 years 75-79 years 80-84 years 85-89 years 90-94 years 95-99 years 100 years and over 3833.0 3926.0 3837.0 4503.0 4688.0 4689.0 4519.0 4324.0 4531.0 4392.0 4288.0 3317.0 2587.0 2409.0 2285.0 1836.0 1089.0 657.0 251.0 74.0 10.0 Age range
age
Greater Dandenong Population Pyrimid 2011
Male 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years 50-54 years 55-59 years 60-64 years 65-69 years 70-74 years 75-79 years 80-84 years 85-89 years 90-94 years 95-99 years 100 years and over -4561.0 -4070.0 -4073.0 -4587.0 -5562.0 -6532.0 -5614.0 -4811.0 -4475.0 -4271.0 -4140.0 -3762.0 -3452.0 -2796.0 -2083.0 -1687.0 -1200.0 -606.0 -195.0 -39.0 -5.0 Females 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years 50-54 years 55-59 years 60-64 years 65-69 years 70-74 years 75-79 years 80-84 years 85-89 years 90-94 years 95-99 years 100 years and over 4356.0 3712.0 3856.0 4090.0 4765.0 5940.0 5150.0 4697.0 4350.0 4148.0 4085.0 3944.0 3680.0 2791.0 2263.0 1970.0 1697.0 1057.0 414.0 107.0 12.0 Age range
Age
Greater Dandenong Population Pyrimid 2016
Male 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years 50-54 years 55-59 years 60-64 years 65-69 years 70-74 years 75-79 years 80-84 years 85-89 years 90-94 years 95-99 years 100 years and over -5379.0 -4526.0 -4213.0 -4746.0 -6707.0 -6928.0 -7319.0 -5809.0 -4972.0 -4735.0 -4410.0 -4139.0 -3666.0 -3213.0 -2492.0 -1876.0 -1317.0 -754.0 -294.0 -46.0 -5.0 Females 0-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years 50-54 years 55-59 years 60-64 years 65-69 years 70-74 years 75-79 years 80-84 years 85-89 years 90-94 years 95-99 years 100 years and over 5112.0 4315.0 3906.0 4274.0 5381.0 6422.0 6493.0 5184.0 4756.0 4441.0 4273.0 4194.0 3846.0 3524.0 2671.0 2071.0 1735.0 1208.0 538.0 144.0 21.0 Age Range
Age
Census Report (40%)
Human Geography
Due Date: end of week 13 (midnight Sunday)
Submit: Turnitin Blackboard Figure 1: Population Maps
Select a place in Australia and develop a 2000 word report based on the ABS census data http:
www.abs.gov.au/census for your selected place.
1. Place (~500 words)
Provide a
ief outline of the geography of your subu
town, the perceptions of place, and, identify a key process relating to it. You can draw on historical, media and/or scholarly references for this section.
2. Population Pyramids (3 population pyramids required) (~250 words)
Present and analyse population pyramids for your selected subu
town across describing how the population has changed (or not) across time. We will be completing an exercise on how to construct population pyramids in class.
(Important note: Check to see if the boundaries for your place have changed? If so, how can you accommodate for the changes to maintain a meaningful analysis?)
3. Profile (~500 words)
Develop a community profile for your selected place by choosing and analysing 3-4 indicators. You may wish to draw comparisons with state/national averages, changes across time, and/or comparisons with a related or contrasting subu
. Example of Indicators: income, education, employment, housing type, social and cultural characteristics.
4. Changes (~500 words)
From your analysis so far, identify and discuss a process of change occu
ing in your selected place (gentrification, u
an consolidation, ageing, peri-u
anism, decline, or rather than “change” it could be stagnation, homogenisation … feel free to discuss with your tutor). This is a chance to
ing in some academic literature to inform an understanding of the ABS statistics.
Example: The process of gentrification is something that affects inner city areas such as East Perth, Subiaco, North
idge, and other similar place, and is often critiqued as the middle class displacing the working class; or a sea and tree change area like Margaret River might be experiencing an influx of upwardly mobile residents displacing or impacting on the longer term residents lifestyles.
5. Conclusion (~250 words)
Tie your report together in an informative way.