Australian Bureau of Statistics

Previous Releases

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Standards for Income Variables, 2010

Specifies ABS standards for the collection, processing, storage and dissemination of statistics on income. Topics covered include the ABS recommended definitions of concepts, classification criteria, code structures, questionnaire modules and output categories. Issues related to these standards are also discussed.

Lending Finance, Australia, January 2010

Contains time series data on the value of monthly commitments for secured housing finance, other personal finance, commercial and lease finance. Includes summary tables of personal and commercial finance commitments under fixed and revolving credit facilities, the value of goods under finance lease commitments, and the value of personal, commercial and lease finance commitments by purpose. Also included are thematic tables on the financing of housing, motor vehicles and plant and equipment.

Statistical News SA, March 2010

Statistical News SA provides readers with new and relevant information about significant ABS data releases, state data releases, survey developments, training, information sessions and major changes to the statistical program.

Australian Social Trends, March 2010

Released quarterly, Australian Social Trends presents analysis and commentary on a wide range of social issues. The March edition includes five articles: The labour market during recent economic downturns; Are young people earning or learning?; Health and socioeconomic disadavantage; Income support for people of working age; and, Repeat imprisonment.

Schools, Australia, 2009

This publication contains statistics on school, students and teaching staff involved in the provision or administration of primary and secondary education, in government and non-government schools for all Australian states and territories. Schools are classified by level of education (primary, secondary or combined); category (government, non-government); non-government affiliation (catholic or independent). Students are classified by level and year of education, Indigenous status, full-time or part-time status, age at 1 July, category of school and sex. Teaching staff are classified by level of school education, category of school and sex. Also included are derived measures of student participation, continuation, progression (new in 2008) and retention, and ratios of students to teachers. Many of the statistical tables include selected time series.

Interstate Trade, Queensland, December 2009

The Interstate Trade collection is a quarterly survey which collects information about the interstate movement of goods into and out of Queensland to and from other parts of Australia. This movement can be by purchase, sale or transfer. The information sought is the dollar value of goods by commodity classification of the goods.

The scope of the collection is all businesses with State of Operation Queensland and Business Activity Statement (BAS) stratification turnover greater than $1,000,000 that do interstate trade.

Causes of Death, Australia, 2008

This publication presents statistics on the number of deaths, for reference year by state or territory of Australia, sex, selected age groups, and cause of death classified to the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Version 10 of the ICD was introduced from the 1999 reference year. Causes of death is presented in the publication in a number of different ways including: by underlying cause, leading causes and multiple causes. Data is also presented for deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, for Australians born overseas and for suicide deaths.

The 2008 data presented in this publication are preliminary data and will be subject to a revision process. Revised 2007 Causes of Death data are also presented in this publication by underlying cause of death. Further information on the revision process for 2007 data can be found in Technical Note: Causes of Death Revision Process.

Prior to 2006, statistics on perinatal deaths have been included in this publication, however from the 2007 reference year onward these data are published in Perinatal Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3304.0).

Culture and Recreation News, March 2010

Culture and Recreation News is the half-yearly newsletter of the National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics (NCCRS). The newsletter highlights developments in arts and cultural heritage and sports and recreation statistics and provides relevant information for researchers, policy makers, service providers and others with an interest in this field.

Culture and Recreation News is available through a free email notification service - for further details on how to subscribe, see Contact details. If you have any questions about the content or suggestions for future issues, please contact us.

Pre-mixed Concrete Production, Preliminary, February 2010

Provides preliminary estimates for monthly estimates of pre-mixed concrete production for all the capital cities.

Dwelling Unit Commencements, Australia, Preliminary, December 2009

Preliminary estimates of the number of dwelling units (new houses, new other residential and conversions, etc.) commenced for private sector and public sector, by state. Total number of dwelling units commenced by state in seasonally adjusted and trend terms.

Corrective Services, Australia, December 2009

Contains national information on persons in custodial corrective services in Australia. Quarterly information is presented for each state and territory. Statistics are presented by open and secure custody and periodic detention, for all prisoners and for Indigenous prisoners. Information is also presented on prisoner numbers by legal status (sentenced or unsentenced), and by sentence type. The number of sentenced receptions, the number of federal prisoners in each state and territory, information on numbers received into custody, and number of persons serving community-based corrective service orders are also included.

Recorded Crime - Offenders, 2008-09

Offender statistics provide data relating to the number and characteristics of alleged offenders who have been proceeded against by police during the 12 month reference period. This publication provides a profile of alleged offenders, including their age, sex, Indigenous status, principal offence, how often they have been proceeded against by police within the reference period, as well as a count of proceedings that may result in court actions.

International Merchandise Imports, Australia, February 2010

Presents the total imports (international trade basis) for the reference month and the two previous months, together with commodity aggregates at the one-digit level of the Standard International Trade Classification. No analysis is provided.

Education and Work, Australia, May 2009

Issue of additional data cube

Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, February 2010

A range of Excel spreadsheets and SuperTABLE datacubes. The monthly spreadsheets contain broad level data covering all the major items of the Labour Force Survey in time series format, including seasonally adjusted and trend estimates. The monthly datacubes contain more detailed and cross classified original data than the spreadsheets.

Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, February 2010

A range of quarterly Excel spreadsheets and SuperTABLE datacubes. The spreadsheets contain broad level data covering all the major items of the Labour Force Survey in time series format, including seasonally adjusted and trend estimates. The datacubes contain more detailed and cross classified original data than the spreadsheets.

Tasmanian Key Indicators, February 2010

Tasmanian Key Indicators is a web-based product containing the latest social and economic summary data on Tasmania, including labour force, wages and prices, tourism, finance, consumption and investment, state accounts, population, living arrangements, mortality, education and health. It is released on a monthly basis.

Tasmanian Key Indicators features links to source publications on the ABS website to enable readers to explore particular topics in more detail. The data is also presented in an Excel spreadsheet in the Downloads tab.

Qld Stats, March 2010

Qld Stats is an electronic magazine containing an overview of Queensland's key economic and social indicators presented in graphs, tables and analytical summaries with links to more detailed products. Qld Stats also contains news of seminars, releases and other matters of statistical interest for Queensland.

Qld Stats replaces Queensland Key Statistics (cat. no. 1388.3) and Statistical Update, Queensland (cat. no. 1316.3). These two products have been discontinued.

Qld Stats is issued monthly, after the release of Labour Force data, with tables and graphs updated to the latest available data. Analytical summaries are included when available.

Readers can get further information, including Explanatory Notes, on each of the topics by using the links to source materials contained on each page.

Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, February 2010

Contains monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each state/territory sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Data are provided in original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimated terms. Sales data are available for passenger vehicles, sports utility vehicles, other vehicles and total vehicles at the state/territory and national levels.