Service Reviews | Social

The aging population, imperative to provide opportunities for youth, Population shifts, trend towards regionalization, increase in online shopping, declining importance of the city center for trade/employment, need to activate city centers, traffic management

FACTOR	POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SERVICE DELIVERY
Aging population	Rising community demand for social services
Pressure on capital cities to maintain growth	Developing events and projects to attract and retain people into our towns and cities
Shift of population to regions	Pressure on growth, managing developments, building applications and approvals, donated assets
Increase in demand for certain services	Rising demand for social care, health, schooling etc
Growing trend for ecommerce	Pressure on the 'high street", need to attract people into the town to maintain activity
Safety and security of the population	Demands to improve safety, lighting, cctv installation, fencing etc.
An aging workforce	Need to capture knowledge, increase mentoring, upskill workers, adapt roles for an aging workforce