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This guide provides information on the satistical resources and publications of the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Most data is freely available via the ABS website. This guide will help you locate publications and datasets produced by ABS. The guide also includes information on other sources for Australian statistical data.
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- Navigating and searching the ABS website Tutorial on navigating the ABS website
- Finding Indigenous Tutorial
- Understanding ABS Geography Tutorial Explains the geographical classifications used by ABS.
- Basic Community ProfileTutorial Provides information on locating and navigating Community Profiles which provide a comprehensive statistical overview of a a chosen area.
- Understanding CDATA online Consists of six short tutorials. Registering with CDATA; custom data; creating a table; creating and viewing a graph;customising your table and creating and viewing maps.
- How to Find Consumer Price Index (CPI) Data Tutorial This tutorial explains how to find Consumer Price Index and what it measures and how it is used.
- Tablebuilder Online Tutorials NEW!
- Australian Bureau Of Statistics Help Index Provides information pages for many aspects of understanding and using ABS data.
- The Macrodata Guide - An International Social Science Resource
Referencing ABS publications
Did you know?
In 2006........
Females>75 and over with internet access
=119,432
without
=422,917
Find more information:
Source of data: - Patterns of internet access in Australia, 2006 (8146.0.55.001)
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Featured publication
- Australian Social trends 2009 Australian Social trends consists of a series of artcles which analyse statiscal data on current social trends.
- NSW electorate profiles: 2007 Australian Parliamentary Library Briefing Paper, analysis of data from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing for the NSW State Electoral Districts (SED).
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