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Multiple media stories have been published this week using Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD) data to make commentary on migration numbers. This data does not reflect the official ABS definition ...
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Expenditure and human resources devoted to Research and Experimental Development (R&D) carried out by businesses in Australia ...
Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4s) are geographic areas built from whole Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s). SA4s are the largest sub-state regions in the Main Structure of the ASGS and are designed for ...
The Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) is a set of three related classifications developed for use in the measurement and analysis of research and experimental ...
Australian Bureau of Statistics (March 2025), Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia, ABS Website, accessed 20 August 2025.
Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2025 Release date 18/11/2025 11:30am AEDT ...
This experimental indicator is derived from Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Business Activity Statements (BAS) turnover data from monthly BAS remitters. It includes 13 of the 19 ...
In the 2021 Census, 89,000 people identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin (INGP) in WA, making up 3.3% of the population. This was an increase from 76,000 counted in ...
In the 2021 Census, the number of people counted as usual residents of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) was 454,000. This was up from 397,000 in 2016. Fifty years ago, in 1971, the Census ...
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.1 per cent in the 12 months to October 2024, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Michelle Marquardt, ...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.0 per cent in the March 2024 quarter and 3.6 per cent annually, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Michelle Marquardt, ...