Gilgandra Shire Community Profile (profile.id)

Understand your community ... Gilgandra Shire Council's new profile.id enables you to analyse the Gilgandra Shire community characteristics and understand how they have changed over time. It also allows you to compare one area to another.


Download Gilgandra Profile  pdf doc (1.40mb)


The Gilgandra Shire Council Community Profile is designed for use by community groups, Council, investors, businesses, students and the general public. It includes local demographic information from the Census of Population and Housing for 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991.

Gilgandra Shire Council has entered into a partnership with Dubbo City Council to provide this service to the community.
This online community profiling tool allows you to view Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census data and generate PDF reports on Gilgandra and other localities within the shire  (Statistical Local Areas). These reports (with maps, tables and charts) contain Census demographic information including age and gender profiles, multicultural diversity, housing and tenure types, incomes and workforce, education, employment and family composition for the selected area.

Features of this socio-demographic profile for Gilgandra Shire community:

  • Presents data from the ABS 1991, 1996 and 2001 Censuses of Population and Housing
  • Includes rapid update to 2006 Census data when released by the ABS
  • Is customised for any small area geography (e.g. suburbs)
  • Describes the role and function of suburbs within the Gilgandra Shire 
  • Shows how this changes over time and in comparison to other relevant areas
  • Answers 80% of frequently asked socio-demographic questions
  • Is database driven with access to the raw data via a powerful querying tool
  • Complete MicrosoftTM OfficeTM copy and paste compatibility, great for students and business
  • Includes fully paginated PDF reports for hard copy production.