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The Australian Bureau of Statistics acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay ...
The Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006 (cat. no. 1292.0) was released in February 2006. As a result of using this new classification in statistical collections ...
The total value of residential dwellings in Australia rose by $130.7 billion to $11,366.4 billion this quarter. The number of residential dwellings rose by 53,400 to 11,338,500 this quarter. The mean ...
(a) Reference base of each index: 1989-90 = 100.0 Source: Producer Price Indexes, Australia (cat. no. 6427.0). In the September quarter 2010, the increase in the price index of materials used in house ...
In 2008, 44% of Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over (adults) reported excellent/very good health and 20% reported fair/poor health. Around two in five (42%) Torres Strait Islander ...
Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry multi response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the sum of ...
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*Estimate has a standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution. (a) Refers to number of households that have recycled or re-used household waste in the ...
There are a number of positive findings in relation to maternal health and factors affecting childhood development including high rates of breastfeeding and physical activity among Aboriginal and ...
Australia requires a vast transport network, and the cost of building and maintaining this infrastructure is very high. During 2000 the value of public and private sector engineering construction was ...
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The 2001 Survey of Education, Training and Information Technology is largely a repeat of the 1997 survey and retains a focus on the level of participation, educational pathways, skills acquisition, ...