Australian census statistics

This website provides access to key census data for a chosen area, benchmarked against Australia. It allows you to generate basic statistics for an area, relating to:
- age
- country of birth
- main language spoken at home
- religious affiliation
- marital status
- occupation
- industry of employment
- income
- family characteristics
- dwelling characteristics

'A collection of various tables showing census data in detail, for a chosen location.'

This website allows you to generate maps of the distribution of census data for a chosen location.

A step by step guided search for census information relating to any location of interest.

A step by step guided search for census information relating to topics of interest.

SEIFA allows users to determine the level of social and economic well-being in different regions. 'SEIFA has a number of applications, including research into the relationship between socio-economic status and various health and educational outcomes, determining areas that require funding and services, and identifying new business opportunities'.

This CD-ROM allows you to select data quickly and easily for geographic areas, and view the results as tables, maps or graphs. Data from areas as small as collection districts can be manipulated. Includes 1991 and 1996 Time Series Profile data.
Includes number of people in an occupation (in other words, in a broad field of work, e.g. health professionals) by local government area (LGA).
The University of Melbourne have published a useful online guide to using CDATA 2001.
Some of this CD-ROM's content can also be viewed online at the ABS's Census data website.

This CD-ROM...Includes information on the number of people in a particular occupation (e.g. pharmacists) by state.

This website provides useful information about regional Victoria, relating to health, transport, primary industry, education, housing, emergency services, environment and regional development. It cross-references census data with data from other authoritative sources, and includes many graphs and maps.

This series of books includes 'year of arrival, age, sex, language spoken, religion, post-school qualifications, labour force status, income and a range of employment and housing tenure variables'.
Volume 1: Greece, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania.
Volume 2: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Ukraine.
Volume 3: China, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
Volume 4: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, El Salvador.

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.

1901 compared with 2001

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.

This guide will help you to:
- determine and specify your data requirements
- understand the concepts underlying the data
It details the data classifications used in the census, and gives definitions of key concepts and terms

'A comprehensive analysis of who Australia's recent immigrants are, including how they have adjusted to Australian conditions, their impact on the labour market, the housing sector etc. This monograph examines where recent immigrants live and their effects on population distribution as well as making comparisons with older immigrant and Australian-born communities'.