Our clients
City of Whittlesea
Located in Melbourne’s northern growth corridor, Whittlesea is one of Victoria’s fastest-growing councils. They engaged Place Info for our fast turnaround and up-to-date population forecasts, using both ABS datasets and client information. This ensures they have accurate data to support urban planning and housing strategies, allowing them to respond quickly to rapid development and manage growth effectively.
Mid Murray Council
Covering over 200 kilometers along the Murray River in South Australia, Mid Murray Council covers a vast area. They chose Place Info for our ability to create custom small area forecasts, not limited by standard boundaries. This allowed us to project populations for townships with fewer than 400 residents, providing key input for their Growth Management and Housing Strategy. These forecasts are guiding decisions on infrastructure and services for nineteen communities across the region.
Carpentaria Shire Council
Carpentaria, with just 2,200 residents spread across four small areas, was our first remote council. They chose Place Info for our ability to provide detailed and accurate micro forecasts, including age-based births by mother, migration, and deaths. These forecasts help the council target service provision based on age and sex cohorts, ensuring they can meet the needs of their dispersed population across a wide area.
City of Vincent
The City of Vincent chose Place Info for our ability to forecast detached and medium-to-high-density dwellings with precision, including detailed insights on population, occupancy rates, and average household sizes. With custom small areas designed around key locations like town centres, a growth corridor, and infill sites, our forecasts are essential for planning their increasingly dense urban environment.
City of Whitehorse
Whitehorse, home to over 178,000 residents, features activity centres like Box Hill that will accommodate significant growth, driven by state-significant projects such as the Suburban Rail Loop. Council engaged Place Info to deliver forecasts extending to 2053, aligned with State Government housing targets. These forecasts enable Whitehorse to monitor housing targets while rapid updates, including annual births by age of mother, support planning for services as the community evolves.
Broken Hill City
As Australia’s first heritage-listed city, Broken Hill is transforming after years of population decline. Place Info’s granular small-area forecasts guide housing strategies, with dwelling structure forecasts supporting CBD revitalisation, occupancy forecasts providing the evidence base for addressing derelict dwellings, and age-specific migration profiles highlighting resident flows across communities. Finally, up-to-date forecasts provide the confidence to make the best decisions in a cyclical economy reliant on a few dominant industries.
Wollondilly Shire Council
Wollondilly, a fast-growing area with significant precinct-level planning needs, turned to Place Info for our ground-up approach to forecasting. Seeking a more tailored alternative to top-down models, the council valued our ability to provide flexible geographies, rapid updates, and detailed small-area data, including precinct-level comparisons. With always up-to-date forecasts, the council can now track progress and make confident decisions based on the latest data.
Town of Gawler
Situated between metropolitan Adelaide and the Barossa, Gawler is experiencing rapid residential expansion on multiple fronts. Council selected Place Info to deliver forecasts that reflect local staging plans, infrastructure sequencing and development activity. Our forecasts integrate these elements, alongside regular developer updates, to show the emerging age structure, dwelling mix and migration flows in each release area. Results feed into open-space and infrastructure levies, and directly into long-term financial planning models and annual budgeting.
Shire of Gingin
Sitting on Perth’s northern doorstep, Gingin is a distinctive mix of inland Wheatbelt towns and coastal communities. With population growing by over 4 percent a year, the Shire is managing rapid change from a small base. Gingin chose Place Info for forecasts that reflect this change in real time, updated as soon as new ABS data is released. Public forecasts share the latest growth story with the community and stakeholders, supporting informed planning and decision-making.
City of Subiaco
Subiaco is a compact inner-city area in Perth undergoing major urban renewal, while established neighbourhoods retain distinct roles and functions. Council needed forecasts that could keep pace with change, capturing different housing mixes and the demographics they attract. Place Info provides housing-led forecasts built around Subiaco’s custom boundaries, matching targeted growth areas and activity centres with precision. These insights help Council plan confidently as redevelopment continues to shape its future.
Weddin Shire Council
Located in Central West NSW, Weddin is a rural council made up of distinct townships and broad agricultural areas. They chose Place Info for locally driven forecasts that reflect township-level trends and rural communities, rather than relying solely on top-down assumptions. These forecasts provide an evidence base for planning, advocacy, housing demand, and future health service needs.
Junee Shire Council
Located in the Riverina region of NSW, Junee Shire includes the main township of Junee, several smaller towns, and surrounding farming areas. Council chose Place Info for precise, locally defined forecast areas, including communities with fewer than 200 residents. With rapid updates, including migration data, the forecasts support up-to-date township-level planning, advocacy, and understanding how communities are changing.
City of South Perth
South Perth is an inner-city council balancing established neighbourhoods with increasing infill and activity centre development. Council chose Place Info to deliver forecasts aligned to suburbs and activity centres. With fast and regular updates, and the ability to test dwelling mix and staging assumptions, the forecasts help Council inform key strategies and understand how different areas are changing.
Town of Cambridge
Located between Perth’s CBD and the coast, Cambridge includes established neighbourhoods, beachside suburbs, activity centres and areas facing increasing infill pressure. Council chose Place Info to deliver forecasts across suburbs, precinct structure plan areas and key corridors. These forecasts help Council understand how housing change and precinct-level development will shape population outcomes across different parts of the town.
Hobsons Bay City Council
Hobsons Bay is a middle-ring Melbourne council with established suburbs, major industrial areas, regeneration precincts, and over 20 kilometres of bay frontage. Council chose Place Info for forecasts that stay current as new ABS population, migration, births and deaths and building data is released, while also reflecting precinct-level housing assumptions. Public forecasts give Council a clear evidence base for understanding how infill and regeneration will shape future population change.
Alexandrina Council
Alexandrina includes a diverse mix of coastal and inland townships, rural communities and productive agricultural areas. Council chose Place Info to deliver housing-led forecasts across customised local areas, supporting its Local Area Plans and response to Greater Adelaide Regional Plan housing targets. By incorporating local housing knowledge and refining assumptions as planning progresses, the forecasts help Council understand how dwelling and population growth may unfold across its different communities.
Bayside Council
Bayside is a diverse council in Sydney’s southern suburbs, encompassing Sydney Airport alongside established neighbourhoods and areas undergoing significant urban renewal. Council chose Place Info to explore different ways future growth could unfold, with detailed forecasts across customised small areas and an alternative scenario reflecting housing targets. These forecasts help Council compare different growth stories and understand how housing change will shape communities across Bayside.
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