Data has been at the core of Parlour’s advocacy and activity since the beginning – led by our Data Diva, Gill Matthewson. The shock of data is a powerful catalyst for action, while the patterns revealed through analysis help light the way forward.
Assembling and analysing this data is painstaking, time-consuming work. We encourage everyone to put this data to work as we advocate for greater equity in architecture and the built environment professions.
Parlour Data Bank
The Parlour Data Bank makes consolidated, clean data on registration and graduation in Australia readily available to all. Access summary charts and detailed spreadsheets of state-by-state graduation data from 1987 and registration data from 1924!
Parlour Census Reports
The Parlour Census reports provide comprehensive analysis of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Census, an immensely valuable source of information about the architectural workforce and shifting patterns of participation. This is contextualised in relation to registration and graduation data. Full and comprehensive reports are complemented by shorter ‘wraps’.
Workplace Gender Equality Agency data
Data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency offers a wealth of information about organisations employing over 100 people. Parlour compiles and presents the data for report architecture and landscape architecture practices and organisations. This is an extraordinary body of material about pay gaps, workforce composition, and policies and processes. It is an excellent resource for benchmarking and a catalyst for action!
Earlier reports, data sets & analysis
Since Parlour’s inception we have explored various data sets. The articles below include other reports, earlier iterations of Gill’s data analysis, and commentary on the use and misuse of various data sets.
Enhancing management & leadership
Enhancing workplace communication
Part 1 – who responded?
Women in landscape architecture
The numbers in a nutshell
Mind the Gap
The Parlour effect
How do we compare to other professions?
Who counts?
Where do all the women go?
The ‘half-life’ of women architects
More on the gender pay gap
Updating the numbers, part 3: Institute membership
Updating the numbers, part 1: at school
Updating the numbers, part 2: at work
The graduate gender pay gap part 1 – what do the numbers mean?
Counting registered architects — no easy matter
Angie the architect meets Rosie the riveter
