About APMRC

Research within the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre (APMRC) has a strong focus on demographic, population and policy issues with a particular interest in international and internal migration related to Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

The Centre is headed by Professor Graeme Hugo, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, Professor of Geography and world renowned leader in population and migration research.

There are a number of fulltime researchers and PhD students associated with APMRC as well as many adjunct staff.

Centre Research Focus

The Centre focuses not only on progressing our understanding of migration and population but also on the development of effective policy and practice. Through its various research and consultancy activities APMRC can provide:

• a major focus and vehicle for researchers and planners to collaborate in the analysis and use of population and social data;
• make public and private sector planning in Australia 'smarter' through the analysis of existing data using advanced GIS technology;
• define patterns of changing need for clients as well as inform their planning and policy processes in an effective and timely way;
• link client data to other social and demographic data as another means of effecting planning and policy development.

APMRC incorporates the National Centre for the Social Applications of GIS (GISCA) which has an established reputation in providing a wide range of spatial analysis, modelling and GIS consultancy services for Commonwealth, State and local governments, non-government organisations, and the private sector.

Areas of research and consultancy expertise include:

• population projections
• demographic trends and analysis (especially population mobility)
• internal, international and regional migration
• ageing populations and the implications for social and economic change
• health and aged care
• spatial analysis and modelling.
• standard demographic profiles for local government organizations
• analysis of census data, and other social and economic data
• population and housing projections
• internet enabled asset management systems
• electoral boundary analysis, optimising service provision
• development and web hosting of tailored applications.