Equity case studies

Four stories. One method. Real data throughout.

Each study applies EquiMap to real, open government data, showing how a different client can understand service equity with evidence. Every one includes a live interactive map and the analysis behind it. The recurring theme: the clearest opportunities are rarely where intuition points.

Fire · Metro
For: metropolitan fire & emergency planners
Greater Sydney fire coverage
The most modest communities turned out among the best-served, a reassuring result, with the real opportunities on the semi-rural fringe.
361communities
335fire stations
1.5×inverted gradient
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Fire · Metro
For: metropolitan fire & emergency planners
Greater Brisbane fire coverage
The same method, a different city, and a different pattern. Proof that coverage equity must be measured locally, never assumed from elsewhere.
239communities
244fire stations
3.4kmavg distance
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Health · National
For: Commonwealth health & Primary Health Networks
GP access across Australia
Affordability and physical reach pull in different directions. Bulk-billing is strongest where need is greatest; distance is the real opportunity.
515areas
8.1kGP practices
2data layers
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Health · State
For: Victorian state health & regional development
Victoria, zoomed in
The same national engine focused on one state. Affordability is a Victorian strength; regional physical reach is where targeted investment pays off.
80areas
80.6%avg bulk-billing
3top regions
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Each study above maps one service. The frontier is combining layers, finding the communities least able to cope with a disaster, furthest from help, and in the highest-hazard terrain, all at once. Two of those layers are already live on our real data. See the resilience-gap approach →

Every study uses open data anyone can access. The same method works for any located service, public or commercial. See how it applies beyond government →