Australian census statistics

Digitised online versions of many of the ABS's publications relating to the 1991 census.

This CD-ROM includes a range of profiles that provide statistics for areas from a collection district level to the whole of Australia. Data can be displayed, printed and aggregated.

This 9 volume set of books includes information on each state and territory, and a national overview.

Census counts of characteristics of people and dwellings cross-classified by social and demographic characteristics for Australia. Tables are grouped into broad categories, such as, age, birthplace, and labour force. However, all characteristics are listed separately in the index, along with the corresponding numbers of tables in which they appear.

'A summary of the 1991 census data relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Included is commentary on demography, family structure, housing, education, income and labour force experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Comparisons are made between States and Territories and with the non-indigenous population. Appendix A provides a range of social indicators'.

Presents key findings from the 1991 census on a wide range of social issues for which census data is available. Includes cultural diversity, living arrangements, education, work, income, religion and housing.

This website includes downloadable data from the:
- Urban Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage
- Rural Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage
- Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
- Index of Economic Resources
- Index of Education and Occupation

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This book provides data about the populations of each Victorian municipality, and for Victoria as a whole. It includes statistics about populations (including age/sex structure), income, households, labour force, industry sector of employment, and modes of travel to work.

This website links to statistics about populations of suburbs of Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. Statistics cover 1981 to 2006, enabling analysis of data over time. For each suburb, a wide range of variables are covered, including total population, age structure, income, household size, dwellings, labour force, industry of employment and birthplace.

This website links to statistics about populations of large towns (population greater than 500 persons), smaller towns, and rural balances (areas of municipalities outside town boundaries) in Victoria.

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A pictorial presentation of data from the 1991 census for urban Adelaide. Contains 46 large maps which are colour coded to show a variety of socio-economic characteristics, such as birthplace, education, labour force, income and dwellings. Each map is accompanied by illustrative commentary which identifies those suburbs where the highest concentrations of the characteristic occur.

Maps illustrating a range of social, economic and demographic characteristics of the population of Brisbane, using the data collected in the 1991 census of population and housing. Characteristics of the population are presented in the Atlas under the headings of population, ethnicity, education, families, income, labour force and dwellings. Other topics in this Atlas are People born in the UK or Ireland; People born in South-East Asia, Married women in the labour force, and part-time workers.

Maps illustrating a range of social, economic and demographic characteristics of the population of the Gold Coast region, using data collected in the 1991 census of population and housing. A commentary accompanying each map briefly analyses these characteristics and highlights the main features. The region mapped covers the legal local government areas (LGAs) of Gold Coast City and Albert Shire. It also embraces the statistical local area (SLA) of Tweed Shire.

'An Urban Centre is a population cluster of 1,000 people or more, a Locality is a population cluster of between 200 to 999 people.'