Forward Work Program

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ABS Corporate Plan

Reference period

2022-23 financial year

Released

30/08/2022

ABS Forward Work Program

The Forward Work Program (FWP) provides the schedule of statistical releases over the next four years. This program does not include experimental estimates and research papers. In addition to the official releases listed in this program, the ABS generates several customised data products to meet the needs of specific clients.

This program was developed through extensive consultation with government, key stakeholders including users of statistics, other government organisations and a range of non-government organisations such as community groups and industry bodies.

The ABS reviews and makes changes to the FWP to ensure it continues to appropriately measure the Australian economy, environment and society.

Statistical releases are classified into three tiers to assist with prioritising resources. This tiering was developed in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders.

Tier 1

Statistics providing the foundation work of a national statistical organisation.

Tier 2

Important areas of statistics where there is a significant government outlay or where there is a significant public policy interest.

Tier 3

Other important statistical work currently undertaken to meet identified user requirements.

Year of release
Release			Tier	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	Release Frequency
Labour Market
Average Weekly Earnings, Australia			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Six-monthly
Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia			T2		✔		✔	Two-yearly
Characteristics of Employment, Australia			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
		Employee earnings		✔	✔	✔	✔
		Working arrangements		✔	✔	✔	✔
		Trade union membership		✔
Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia			T1		✔		✔	Two-yearly
Employment and Earnings, Public Sector, Australia			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Industrial Disputes, Australia			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Job Vacancies			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Jobs in Australia			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Labour Account, Australia			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Labour Force Status of Families			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Labour Force, Australia			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
Participation, Job Search and Mobility, Australia			T2					Yearly
		Job mobility		✔	✔	✔	✔
		Potential workers		✔	✔	✔	✔
		Underemployed workers		✔	✔	✔	✔
Personal Income in Australia			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia			T2		✔		✔	Two-yearly
Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
Work Related Injuries			T2	✔				Four-yearly
Economic
Australian Industry			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Australian National Accounts: Distribution of Household Income, Consumption and Wealth			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Two-yearly
Australian System of National Accounts			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Balance of Payments and International Investment Position			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Building Activity and Engineering Construction			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Building Approvals			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
Business Characteristics			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Business Turnover			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
Characteristics of Australian Exporters			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly and quarterly
Estimates of Industry Level KLEMS Multifactor Productivity			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Estimates of Industry Multifactor Productivity			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Finance and Wealth			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Government Finance Statistics			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Government Finance Statistics, Annual			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Government Finance Statistics, Education¹			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Input-Output Tables			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
International Trade in Goods and Services			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
International Trade: Supplementary Information, Calendar Year			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
International Trade: Supplementary Information, Financial Year			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Lending Indicators			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
Managed Funds			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Mineral and Petroleum Exploration			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Modellers’ Database			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Monthly Business Turnover Indicator			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
Monthly Household Spending Indicator			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
National Income, Expenditure and Product			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Quarterly Business Indicators			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Research and Development Expenditure			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Retail Trade Survey			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
State Accounts			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Supply Use Tables			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Taxation Revenue, Australia			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Price Indicators
Consumer Price Index			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Consumer Price Index indicator			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
International Trade Price Indexes			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Producer Price Indexes			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Selected Living Cost Indexes			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Total Value of Dwellings			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Wage Price Index			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Demographic
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Life Expectancy			T2		✔			Five-yearly
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population Estimates and Projections			T2		✔			Five-yearly
Australian Historical Population Statistics			T3		✔			Five-yearly
Births and Deaths			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Causes of Death			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Household and Family Projections			T1		✔			Five-yearly
Life Expectancy			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Marriages and Divorces			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Overseas Arrivals and Departures			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Monthly
Population Projections			T2		✔			Five-yearly
Quarterly Estimated Resident Population by State, including Net Overseas Migration			T1	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Regional Population Statistics			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Environmental and Sectorial
Agricultural Census			T2					Five-yearly
Agricultural Commodities			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Energy Account			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Energy Use and Electricity Generation			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Tourism Satellite Account			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Quarterly
Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Water Account			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Social²
Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, Australia			T3			✔		Four-yearly
Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset			T3	✔				Five-yearly
Australian Census Temporary Entrants Integrated Dataset			T3		✔			Five-yearly
Crime: prisoners, criminal courts, crime victimisation, recorded crime			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Gender Indicators			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
General Social Survey			T3		✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Indicators of Migrant Outcomes			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Irregular
Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Study			T3					Irregular
	National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing			✔	✔
	National Health Survey				✔	✔
	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey				✔
	National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey—for the general population and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples					✔
	National Health Measures Survey—for the general population and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples					✔
Living Costs in Australia Survey³			T1			✔		Two-yearly
National Health Survey			T2	✔			✔	Three-yearly
Patient Experience Survey			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Personal Safety Survey			T3				✔	Four-yearly
Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers			T2	✔			✔	Three-yearly
Survey of Education and Work			T2	✔	✔	✔	✔	Yearly
Survey of Income and Housing⁴			T1	✔				Two-yearly
Survey of Qualifications and Work			T3	✔				Four-yearly
Time Use Survey⁵			T1	✔		✔		Two-yearly
Work Related Training and Adult Learning Survey			T2			✔		Four-yearly
Census
Population and Housing			T1	✔				Five-yearly
Post Enumeration Survey⁶			T1					Five-yearly
Other
Australian Statistician’s Analytical Series			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Ad-hoc
Data by Region			T3	✔	✔	✔	✔	Six-monthly

1. The Government Finance Statistics, Education release will be combined with the Government Finance Statistics, Annual release. All data available in the release in 2021-22 will be available in the Government Finance Statistics Annual publication in 2022-23.

2. Household Impacts of COVID-19 ceased with final release in July 2021. It was then reinstated for February, March and April 2022.

3. The Household Expenditure Survey (previously a six-yearly release) and the Survey of Income and Housing (previously a two-yearly release) are being combined into the Living Costs in Australia Survey which will be released on a two-yearly basis, from 2024-25.

4. An extra cycle of the Survey of Income and Housing was run in 2020–21, with results to be published in 2022–23, to help measure the impact of COVID-19 on Australian households.

5. Previously an annual collection, the Time Use Survey is released on a two-yearly basis for the life of this Plan (2022–23 to 2025–26).
The ongoing frequency of this collection is currently under review.

6. The Post Enumeration Survey is known to respondents as the Post Census Review; it is next due for release in 2026–27.

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