Statistics - Australian: ABS Microdata (CURFs)

Microdata consists of Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs) from key ABS surveys. The unit level for a CURF may be a household, an income unit or a family. The datasets have been confidentialised.
CURF microdata is the most detailed level of ABS statistical data available

Includes technical papers and user guides for some datasets.

This table will help you choose the best ABS data service for your research.

Includes research on education, household, population and health topics plus more.

CURF data is freely available to University of Sydney researchers under agreement between the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Universities Chancellors Committee (UCC).

You must be registered first to download your CURF data from this page.

DataLab is the data analysis solution for high-end users who want to undertake interactive (real time) complex analysis of microdata.