More than a quarter (27 per cent) of Australian businesses are having difficulty finding suitable staff, according to survey results released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS ...

In the 2021 Census, the number of people counted as usual residents of Western Australia (WA) was 2.7 million. This was up from 2.5 million in 2016. Fifty years ago, in 1971, the Census counted almost ...

The ANZSOC provides a uniform national statistical framework for classifying criminal behaviour in the production and analysis of crime and justice statistics. This 2011 edition incorporates a title ...

The ABS will be closed from 12.00pm, 24 December 2025 and will reopen at 9.00am, 2 January 2026. During this time there will be no statistical releases and our support functions will be unavailable.

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) is a set of three related classifications developed for use in the measurement and analysis of research and experimental ...

The ABS will be closed from 12.00pm, 24 December 2025 and will reopen at 9.00am, 2 January 2026. During this time there will be no statistical releases and our support functions will be unavailable.

When reporting ABS data you must attribute the Australian Bureau of Statistics (or the ABS) as the source. For media requests and interviews, contact the ABS Media Team on 1300 175 070 or ...

Number of motor vehicles is a dwelling variable created from the number of motor vehicles owned or used question. Data for this variable is captured automatically from a written numeric response or by ...

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC) has been developed for use within Australia and in New Zealand for the production and analysis of crime and justice statistics.

The ABS will be closed from 12.00pm, 24 December 2025 and will reopen at 9.00am, 2 January 2026. During this time there will be no statistical releases and our support functions will be unavailable.

The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 3.0 per cent in the 12 months to August 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Michelle Marquardt, ABS ...

When prices for some items move by large amounts, measures of underlying inflation like the trimmed mean can give more insights into how inflation is trending. ’Trimmed mean annual inflation was 3.0 ...