The Public Practice is a social planning firm with 21 years experience in needs analysis, social planning and urban development. We specialise in understanding and planning for places through demographic research and community consultation.

Our Portraits and Reports transform Census data into instant reports, illustrated with charts and ready to print. We save you time by doing all the number-crunching, chart-fiddling, and text explanations needed to turn ABS numbers into useful knowledge. You can edit or cut-and-paste text, charts or tables to use in planning reports, analysis and community information.

Our Interactive Planning Tools let you delve into your ABS Census Data to understand a place's people better. There are tools for age groups, trends, and projections. All are based in Excel with easy-to-use menus; you alter the parameters and the ready-to-print report updates before your eyes.

Our Consulting continues, with a focus on helping people use their Portraits and Tools to understand their community, and a preference for consultative processes.

Our Resources include recent estimated populations for all
Local Government Councils in Australia, references to useful ABS and other sites, and background material for
our clients.