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This noticeboard area provides a brief summary of recent developments in Business Demography statistics at the ABS. The noticeboard is regularly reviewed and may include information regarding recent publication releases, information or exposure draft papers, minutes and notices of public meetings, and other relevant information.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Cat. no. 8165.0 Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits
This product presents business counts, including data measuring levels and rates of business entries to and exits from the Australian economy, and business survival. These data are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register and include all actively trading businesses operating in the economy between June 2007 - June 2009.
Counts are presented by industry, state and territory, sector, type of legal organisation, employment and annual turnover size ranges and statistical local area. Datacubes have also been released which provide additional industry, geographical and business size information.
For further information, please refer to Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits.
Cat. no. 8175.0 Counts of Australian Business Operators
This product presents business operator counts and proportions across a range of characteristics. These data are sourced from the 2007 Forms of Employment Survey and the 2006 Census of Population and Housing.
Counts are presented by sex, age, hours worked, industry, occupation, employing status, educational attainment, income, birthplace and numerous other demographics.
For further information, please refer to Counts of Australian Business Operators.
Cat. no. 8164.0 Discussion Paper - The first iteration of the Business Longitudinal Database
This product provides details of the range of data contained in the Business Longitudinal Database (BLD) and examples of its analytical potential. The main purpose of the discussion paper is to facilitate feedback on the future content and analytical applications of the database. Details of how to provide feedback are included in the paper.
The BLD is a longitudinal dataset of both characteristics and financial data, designed to enable analyses of changes in the performance of a sample of businesses over time. It comprises data sourced from the first Business Characteristics Survey (BCS), ATO administration data (including BAS and BIT data) as well as data on exports and imports from the Australian Customs Service.
For further information, please refer to Discussion paper: The first iteration of the Business Longitudinal Database
Cat. no. 8167.0 Selected Characteristics of Australian Business, 2006-07
This product provides summary business characteristics data for a range of topics including nature of business ownerships, collaborative/franchising arrangements, performance measures, barrier to growth, innovation, financing, use of information technology, markets and competition.
Data is sourced from the Business Characteristics Survey (BCS) which is an annual survey, first conducted for the 2004-05 Financial year. Information in respect of the topics is available cross-classified by industry, business size and innovator status.
Cat. no. 8127.0 Discontinuation of Characteristics of Small Business
Users of ABS business demographic data should note that the ABS publication Characteristics of Small Business, last released in respect of 2004 has been discontinued.
For further information, please refer to Australian Small Business Operators - Findings from the 2005 and 2006 Characteristics of Small Business Surveys, 2005-06.
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BUSINESS LONGITUDINAL DATABASE (BLD), AND ASSOCIATED CONFIDENTIALISED UNIT RECORD FILE (CURF)
The BLD is a valuable resource that allows analysts to monitor and evaluate the impacts of policies and industry trends on Australian businesses at the individual level. The BLD contains a range of data (both financial and characteristic) for small and medium businesses in Australia over a five year period.
The BLD complements the large range of ABS macro-economic outputs and meets very strong demand from government, academics and private users for micro-economic data. It will increase understanding of:
- The activities or factors that are relevant to business performance; and
- The business characteristics that are associated with these activities or factors.
The BLD is available for research purposes through a Confidentialised Unit Record File (CURF), which is released with the approval of the Australian Statistician. To ensure microdata confidentiality is maintained, access is managed in a unique virtual environment, the Remote Access Data Laboratory. Further information is available at the CURF Microdata Entry Pageon the ABS website. The most recent release of the BLD CURF is the 2006-07 and contains three years worth of data. The next release is expected to be in December 2011 and contain data up to the 2009-10 reference period. For further information, please contact Helen Reich, Assistant Director, Innovation and Technology Branch on (08) 9360 5148. |
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This page first published 31 May 2007, last updated 11 May 2011 |
