Where Melbourne’s young families have no childcare

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1:05 · Melbourne · Urban planning, Government & cities, Schedule, Area of interest, Demographics, Nearby places, Calculated field, Sort and limit, Make a report, urban planning childcare nursery kindergarten young families children demographics suburbs gaps planner melbourne victoria australia report

Olivia plans community services for the state, across Melbourne’s fast growing north and west. New estates fill with young families faster than anyone counts them. Her gap report took a consultant six months and was out of date on delivery. Meanwhile parents queue two years for a place. With xMap Flows, Olivia built Atlas. Every quarter, across thirty growth suburbs, Atlas counts the children under ten, counts the childcare centres in each, works out the children for every centre, keeps the ten biggest gaps, and makes the report for her desk. Every quarter Atlas hands her a fresh report. This one names Wyndham Vale, where nine hundred young children share one centre. Funding for two new centres went through in a single meeting. Olivia’s report used to arrive late. Now it arrives before the queue does.

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