Subject guides: Education & Curriculum Studies: Statistics & Data Archives

Quick Links: Australian Sources for Educational Statistics

NSW Education Datahub
Data may also be requested by emailing info@cese.nsw.gov.au
Master dataset: NSW government school locations and student enrolment numbers
Contains comprehensive information for all government schools in NSW. Data items include school locations, school type, student enrolment numbers, electorate information, contact details and more.
My School
My School is a resource for parents, educators and the community to find information about each of Australia's schools.
ABS Statistics for Education
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Higher Education Statistics - Australia
Department of Education and Training, official source for Higher Education Statistics.
Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.
NSW Department of Education
Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth
Track young people as they move from school into further study, work, and other destinations.

Databases and datasets for Education Statistics

African Education Statistics - Sources
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australia's official statistical organisation. Freely available data on all aspects of Australian life and society. Includes statistical data on preschool, primary, secondary, tertiary, vocational, adult education, social, health, economic and demographic research and census data.
Australian Data Archive
Education Policy and Data Centre
Global Distribution of Poverty
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CIESIN (The Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
HILDA Survey
International Education Comparisons
International indicators and surveys complied by the Institute of Education Sciences US Department of Education.
National Centre for Education and Statistics (US)
OECDiLibrary
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Full-text for all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, useful for economic, social data and analysis.
Unesco Institute for Statistics
This free site particularly focuses on education and media. It contains over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication.
United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Economic and Social Development Home Education and Learning Data
World Bank Data
World Bank EdStats The World Bank EdStats (Education Statistics) portal is your comprehensive data and analysis source for key topics in education such as access, completion, learning, expenditures, policy, and equity. Data sources include administrative country data from UIS; international learning assessments (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS, PIAAC, and EGRA) and three regional learning assessments (SACMEQ, PASEC, LLECE); World Bank databases, household surveys such as LSMS, DHS, MICS surveys.
World Development Indicators/ World Bank

Data Archives & Directories

Australian Data Archive (ADA)
A national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data. ADA disseminates this data for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users.The archive is based in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) at the Australian National University (ANU).
UK Data Service - Education
A national data service that provides research access to a range of social and economic data collections including UK census data and government funded surveys as well as qualitative and business data. Navigate the site by using Theme Pages or keyword searching using the search box on the homepage.

International facts and figures

Geohive
GeoHive is an initiative by Ordnance Survey Ireland to provide easy access to publically available spatial data
International Statistical Agencies
A listing of statistical agencies for national statistics of other countries, provided by the US Census Bureau
POPIN: United Nations Population Information Network
The Population Division is a resource to ensure access to international, regional and national population information, particularly information available from United Nations sources, easily available to the international community.
Population Reference Bureau
Provides access to a range of resources for issues related to population, health, and the environment including policy information, data finder, fact sheets and publications. PRB provides accesss to both US and International data sources
UK National Statistics
Access to statistical data and publications for the UK Statistics.
US Census Bureau
The entry point for US statistical data, providing information on housing, population, economic indicators, education and transport, as well as other demographic and planning related indicators.

Related Guides

Workforce Data

School teacher workforce data reports
National reports on school teacher workforce data and analysis, wholly or partly funded by the Australian Government, which aim to inform teacher workforce issues and planning.
The teacher workforce in Australia: supply, demand and data issues
Policy Insights March 2015, Australian Council for Educational Research
2015 NSW Teaching Workforce Supply and Demand
School teachers in NSW Public Schools

Selected international resources

Education at a Glance OECD
Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. With more than 125 charts and 145 tables.
World Development Report 2018 : Learning to Realize Education's Promise
Every year, the World Bank's World Development Report takes on a topic of central importance to global development. The 2018 Report, Learning to Realize Education's Promise, is the first ever devoted entirely to education.
World Development Indicators/ World Bank
The World Development Indicators is a compilation of relevant, high-quality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. The database contains 1,600 time series indicators for 217 economies and more than 40 country groups, with data for many indicators going back more than 50 years.
Millenium Development Goals Indicators
United Nations statistical data and country data reports.

OECD.Stat

OECD.Stat allows you to search across complex complex statistical datasets. You can utilise the database in the following ways:

browse or search by keyword within broad themes for eg. education and training
customise tables of data
mix and merge by taking data from different data sets to create customised tables
access metadata which prides definitions, source explanations and other information about the data you are using

cross database statistical browser quick guide.

OECD.Stat User Guide (PDF 40 pages)