Marrickville, NSW Social Infrastructure Development Report: Analysis

This report provides a detailed analysis of the social infrastructure development plan for Marrickville, NSW. It outlines the scope of work, which includes community engagement, infrastructure needs assessment, and prioritization processes. The report details the tasks and activities involved, such ...Read More

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Social Infrastructure in local Government Area
Marrickville NSW
8/18/2019

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Demographic & Residential Composition.............................................................................................2
Scope of Work.......................................................................................................................................4
Tasks & Activities to be conducted.......................................................................................................4
Realistic Timeline..................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................6
References.............................................................................................................................................7
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Introduction
The social infrastructure development requires considerable amount of planning that must be
adequately done. The council that is selected for the social infrastructure development in
local government area is Marrickville, NSW Suburb in Australia. The report presents the
scope of work that will be completed and provides a logical sequence of the activities that
will be carried out. A realistic timeline of the work that will be performed is also covered.
Demographic & Residential Composition
The map of Marrickville, NSW is included below.
Marrickville Map (Quickstats, 2016)
There are currently 26,592 people residing in the area with 49% males and 51% females. The
median age of the residents is 36 years. There are a total of 6,377 families and the average
number of children in the families with children is 1.6 and otherwise is 0.6. 2.5 is the average
number of people per household and there are 11,304 private dwellings. The median weekly
household income is $1,814 and median weekly rent is $450. The demographic distribution is
shown in the table below.
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Demographic distribution (Quickstats, 2016)
The registered marital, social marital, and education status is also shown in the table below.
Marital, social marital, and education status (Quickstats, 2016)
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18.1% people in the region have English as the primary language and it constitutes
approximately 6,491 people. 15.3% people have Australian as their ancestry with Irish being
8.8%, Greek being 6.6%, and Scottish being 5.6%.
The employment status in the region can also be seen in the table below.
Employment status (Quickstats, 2016)
It shows that the employment rate for Marrickville is better than New South Wales and
Australia. There are 63.4% people that work full time and it constitutes approximately 9,381
people. There 26.8% part-time workers in the region and 4.2% work away from their homes.
The unemployed people are 5.6%.
Scope of Work
Community engagement will be a primary step that will come under the scope for social
infrastructure planning. It will include information collection along with the identification of
the needs. The scale of infrastructure needed along with the prioritization of the processes
will be determined accordingly. The profiling processes will come under the scope that will
include demography, needs, and determination of the existing infrastructure. The analysis and
assessment processes will be included that will comprise of the identification of the provision
gaps along with the development of the locally developed standards. The delivery
mechanisms and funding options will be identified on the basis of the same. The
infrastructure provisioning will be carried out on the basis of the same (Gvelesiani, 2016).
The social infrastructure development will be done in accordance with the sustainable
development goals.
Tasks & Activities to be conducted
The tasks and activities for the social infrastructure development for Marrickville, NSW will
be done in a set of phases.
Social Infrastructure Development Planning will be the first phase followed by the analysis &
assessment, licensing & legal formalities, community development & engagement, social
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infrastructure development, control & monitoring, and closure. There will be specific
activities that will be involved in these steps. The conduction of these steps and processes
will be done to carry out the social infrastructure development.
There are contemporary facility models that will be utilized for the purpose of social
infrastructure development. The focus will be on the community hubs along with the urban
growth area. The integrated human services planning will be utilized and the asset-based
approach will be used for the purpose of community development (Strand, 2010).
The community hubs model will be used in order to facilitate the urban growth areas. The
emphasis will be on the co-location, shared usage, and clustering. Master planning will be
involved so that the integration of these community hubs can be easily done with the activity
centres along with the other public spaces.
Mixed use development is another process that will be in the scope of the project. The
vertical integration of the community facility space will be done with the residential and retail
areas. These will be placed in one building which will facilitate the urban development
processes. The planning for social infrastructure development will be required to be done in
such a manner that the alleviation of the upfront capital investment along with the ongoing
operational costs is witnessed (Manjunath & Kannan, 2017).
Realistic Timeline
There will be a step by step process that will be involved in the social infrastructure
development of Marrickville, NSW suburb. The first will be the planning phase in which
existing situation analysis will be carried out. The tasks that will be involved in this phase
will be policy & document review, existing community profile, facility audit, facility
mapping, cultural mapping, community & stakeholder engagement, existing level of service,
identification of the existing gaps, and existing situation mapping.
The next will be the second planning phase in which future situation analysis will be carried
out. It will comprise of the phases as key development areas, population projections, planned
urban hierarchy, social infrastructure hierarchy, and required community & stakeholder
engagement.
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The identification of the likely requirements will be done in the next phase that will include
standards and thresholds, comparative rates of provision, mapping future needs, and initial
determination of the social infrastructure requirements.
The development of the various plans, such as project plan, infrastructure development plan,
spatial plan, integration plan, etc. will be developed thereafter. These plans will be approved
and the actual process will begin thereafter (De, 2012).
The procurement of the tools and equipment will be done followed by the completion of the
legal formalities. The construction and architectural activities along with quality
management, reviews, monitoring, and closure will be performed thereafter.
All of these tasks and activities will require 3 years to complete.
Conclusion
The social infrastructure development of Marrickville will involve numerous components. It
will be necessary that the planning activities are adequately carried out. The effective
planning of the social infrastructure development will make sure that the execution of these
plans is smooth and is streamlined. The completion of the entire project will take 3 years to
achieve the intended goals.
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References
De, P. (2012). Does Governance Matter for Infrastructure Development? Empirical Evidence
from Asia. Journal of Infrastructure Development, 4(2), pp.153-180.
Gvelesiani, A. (2016). Investment Conditions of Regional Development of Social
Infrastructure. Demography and social economy, (3), pp.108-119.
Manjunath, S. and Kannan, E. (2017). Effects of Rural Infrastructure on Agricultural
Development. Journal of Infrastructure Development, 9(2), pp.113-126.
Quickstats (2016). 2016 Census QuickStats: Marrickville. [online]
Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Available at:
https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/
quickstat/SSC12504#employment [Accessed 19 Aug. 2019].
Strand, J. (2010). Inertia in Infrastructure Development. Journal of Infrastructure
Development, 2(1), pp.51-70.
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