1. Xylophones Xylophone charts: Show a comparison between Local Government Areas (LGA) and the state average for a given variable/topic Show the relative position of each LGA in a ranking for each variable Highlight LGAs of a given characteristic or geography in the chart and with an accompanying map Provide a spatial vision of Census data without complex/detailed maps How they work: Zero on the Y axis is equivalent to the state average for each variable Columns in chart therefore show how far above/below that state average each LGA falls Highlighted columns show the distribution for each group of LGAs

2. Xylophones

3. Map identifies selected grouping of LGAs

4. Xylophones Map identifies selected grouping of LGAs Zero on Y axis represents state average

5. Xylophones Zero on Y axis represents state average Highlighted columns show selected LGAs above or below state average Map identifies selected grouping of LGAs