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Coastal and Mobile Populations

Communities are becoming increasingly mobile. People may divide their time between more than one home, and factors like seasonal employment opportunities and tourism can also cause the population in some areas to fluctuate substantially. As most current demographic data is based on a person’s primary place of residence, the Spatial Analysis & Research (SAR) is undertaking a series of ongoing studies involving population fluctuations, their impacts on land use, infrastructure planning, service delivery and funding arrangements. Coastal population fluctuations in Phillip Island and Torquay Non-resident ratepayers survey for Shire of Mansfield Mobile populations and second home owners seminar

A study of coastal population fluctuations in Phillip Island and Torquay

In 2007, Phillip Island and Torquay were used as case studies to research the size and influence of non-permanent populations in coastal areas. Seasonal estimates of population in the Phillip Island and Surf Coast East Statistical Local Areas for 2005 were derived by consultants Urban Enterprise, using population and accommodation data from a variety of sources: Urban Enterprise coastal report May 2007 (PDF - 1.5 Mb) Urban Enterprise coastal presentation (PDF - 1.0 Mb) Different methods for estimating peak populations were investigated by SGS consultants, who then used water consumption data to develop their own seasonal population estimates for the areas. They also investigated the impacts of population fluctuations, including conducting a series of interviews with local agencies and community groups: SGS coastal report Aug 2007 (PDF - 648 Kb) SGS coastal presentation (PDF - 534 Kb) SAR overview coastal presentation (PDF - 778 Kb)

Survey of non-resident ratepayers in Mansfield Shire Council

Around 50% of Mansfield's ratepayers have their main residence outside the shire. In late 2006, SAR developed a survey of non-resident ratepayers in partnership with the Council, with questions organised around themes of: Property (characteristics; frequency and duration of visits; future intentions); Connections with resident community; and, Local services (usage; expectations; satisfaction levels). A summary of the key findings of the survey, and the full consultant's report: Mansfield study summary (PDF - 312 Kb) Mansfield consultant's report (PDF - 380 Kb)

Mobile populations and second home owners seminar
In March 2007, SAR's Fiona McKenzie and Jeremy Reynolds were joined by the University of Ulster's Chris Paris for a seminar on mobile populations and second home owners.

Second homes research in Northern Ireland and beyond - presentation by Chris Paris, University of Ulster (PDF - 90 Kb)
Mansfield non-resident ratepayers - presentation by Fiona McKenzie, SAR (PDF - 373 Kb)
Planning for mobile populations - presentation by Jeremy Reynolds, SAR (PDF - 259 Kb)

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