Healthcare & social assistance Victoria's biggest employer

The industry of health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Victoria, Australia in terms of worker headcount. This is based on latest census data (2016) from the ABS. The industry employs around 1.7 million people across Victoria of which most are attributed to the job occupation 'professionals' (40%) and 'community and personal service workers' (32%).

The below shows industries and job types by total workers. (Select and industry to update the job type donut chart).

Workers in healthcare are relatively evenly distributed across Melbourne metropolitan area however there are a few hot spots such as 3029 (Hoppers Crossing..), 3977 (Cranbourne..) and 3150 (Wheelers Hill..) that stand out for the number of individuals working in the industry.

To explore the data interactively use the jobs and industry dashboard

Data science needs artists

As the field of data science continues to explode in all corners of the academic and business world, there is a shortage of creative minds getting involved.

One of the most important aspects of producing any data visualisation, whether that be demonstrating correlations between google search data and human behaviour or charting out the stock price of a company, communication of data is crucial. Ensuring a chart can be read in such as way that the audience doesn't necessarily need to read several explanation paragraphs along side it is a skill and a creative one at that.

Every detail from the choice of the chart, the colours and labels used and the proportions and scales are all extremely important and should be carefully considered. This is where the creative person is needed. Without creativity and care, data risks being locked up and untapped.

To get the balance right, it's important to ensure data scientists are teamed up with creative individuals that can bring their analysis work to life giving the data the best chance to be understood.

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Visualising Australian Census data

Earlier this year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics began releasing data from its 2016 census on population and housing in Australia. A huge volume of data is coming so we working on creating a few interesting visualisations based on postcode level data based on the state of Victoria.

Currently we'll include visuals on household income, population by birthplace, education and others. Visualisations will use a lot of interactive maps and other charts to help explore the data. Watch this space!

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