Additional Data

Data by Local Government Area

Local Government Areas (LGAs) represent the whole geographical area of responsibility of an incorporated Local Government Council. In Queensland, this could also mean an Aboriginal or Island Council. In the Northern Territory, it could also mean a Community Government Council.

See the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for LGA definitions and boundaries.

Data by LGA (2009-24)

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Data by Australian Statistical Geography Standard

Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s) are medium-sized areas representing communities that interact socially and economically. Most have populations between 3,000 and 25,000 people.

Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s) are designed for the output of regional data. Most have populations between 30,000 and 130,000 people.

Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s) are designed for the output of a variety of regional data, representing labour markets and the functional area of capital cities. Most have populations over 100,000 people.

Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (GCCSAs) represent the eight state and territory capital cities.

Remoteness Areas divide Australia and the states and territories into 5 classes of remoteness, based on their access to services. Remoteness Areas are based on the Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+), produced by the Hugo Centre for Population and Housing.

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) is an ABS product classifying geographical areas based on relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage. The indexes are based on data collected through the five-yearly Census of Population and Housing. The most recent SEIFA indices are based on the 2021 Census, and previous indices were produced following the 2006, 2011 and 2016 Census collections. The AEDC uses the Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage.

Indigenous Locations (ILOCs) are geographic areas built from whole Statistical Area Level 1s. Indigenous Locations are designed to represent small Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (urban and rural) that are near each other or that share language, traditional borders or Native Title.

They usually have a minimum population of about 90 people. Sometimes, ILOCs have a smaller Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population to meet statistical requirements or to better represent the local community.

The ABS provide more information about ILOCs.

Data by ILOC (2009-24)

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Australian Bureau of Statistics contextual data

ABS data by region

Data by region provides users with ease of access to a wide range of ABS and other statistics on a particular geographical region.

QuickStats

QuickStats is a fast, simple way for users to understand an area at a glance and is intended for anyone wanting quick summary information about an area from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing (or earlier censuses back to 1996). Information can be retrieved by entering the name of the geographic area in the search box on the for a wide range of area classifications.

ABS community profiles

Community profiles are excellent tools for researching, planning and analysing geographic areas for a number of social, economic and demographic variables, providing outputs in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. More detailed information can be derived from Census TableBuilder, an online self-help tool designed for users who have a knowledge of Census concepts and some experience using Census data.

Population Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU) Social Health Atlases

PHIDU access

PHIDU has a range of free online access data through its Social Health Atlases. Data is available as tables and maps for Australia at various geographic levels, and includes AEDC data at the Indigenous Area level. The results from the AEDC provide communities and schools with information about how local First Nations children have developed by the time they start school across the five AEDC domains.

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