Power BI Interactive Census Dashboard

About CMBI's Census Power BI Sample Model

Interact with this comprehensive Census Power BI Model that compares 2011 and 2016 Census results.

Census Model highlights

The sample has the following features

  • Over 40 million census data points
  • Select any suburb or compare all the suburbs
  • Integration of 2011 and 2016 census data for comparison
  • Ranking and % of population for all metrics

Compare suburbs for 1000s of census statistics

The embedded Power BI reports below are fully interactive. Change the values in the dropdown menus to explore the Census statistical groups or to view different suburbs. Click the table headers to sort the table by the selected column.

Understanding the dropdown parameters

  • Table Group - change this parameter to see a different set of statistics in the Census Metric drop down
  • Census Metric - select a particular Census data point
  • State - filters the suburbs in the Power BI report/table

You can clear the selected value for a parameter by pressing the small eraser icon on the dropdown menu

Compare census statistics on the map

Hover over a bubble on the map below to see the statistics for that suburb. Change the dropdown menus to view different Census statistics.

Detailed suburb census statistics

Narrow the list of suburbs in the Suburb Picker dropdown by using the Search Suburb text box in the report below.

Use the eraser icons on the Search Suburb textbox to see a complete list of suburbs in the Suburb Picker dropdown.

NOTE: the report may take 15-30 seconds to refresh when you change the suburb.


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About CMBI

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