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Historical Census Data

Online census data: 2006, 2001, 1996

Census Data Online provides access to data from the 2006, 2001 and 1996 Censuses of Population and Housing.

Online census publications: 1991, 1986, 1981, 1976

21. Historical Censuses (Pre 1996) available from the statistics portal.

Earlier census publications

Available in print and microfiche format from National and State libraries.

Australian Historical Population Statistics (cat. no. 3105.0.65.001) provides summary demographic data.

Population Estimates: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 3228.0.55.001) provides dates of population censuses in Australia 1828 to 2006.

Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive (HCCDA) is a searchable archive of Australian Colonial census publications and reports.
The archive has sourced microfiche versions of the census publications from the ABS and converted them to both digital images and searchable XML markup. The HCCDA archive documents were originally published in the former colonies of NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia and relate to censuses of those colonies ranging from 1833 to 1901.

Additional Census data can be provided by ABS Information Consultancy Services.


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