Statistics research guide
What the Library holds
You may find statistics in different formats:
- Print: like government documents and historical census reports
- Microform: like census results tables on microfiche
- CD ROMs: historical reports sometimes have CD ROM versions
- Online: Library records may link directly to the Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Other online resources from the Library's eResources collection
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the lead source for a range of Australian statistics. Many full-text publications are available on the ABS website, and there is a growing number of historical publications. Use the search bar at the top, and the menu at the bottom of the ABS home page to help you navigate the website.
Featured resource
Includes statistics and information on the Australian people, geography, resources, transport and communication, trade and finance.
Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics (Australia), The Australian Commonwealth : its resources and production, 1908, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52803046
In this guide
Wray Vamplew, (1987), Australians, historical statistics / editor, Wray Vamplew. Broadway, N.S.W., Australia : Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1781123
George Knibbs & Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics (Australia), The first Commonwealth census, 3rd April, 1911 : notes, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52795086
David Dale, (2010), The little book of Australia / David Dale. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4737717
Ontario. Parliament & Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (1877 : Sydney, N.S.W.). (1877). The Province of Ontario as it is : containing manufacturing, commercial, statistical and other valuable information. Toronto, Ontario : Legislature of the Province of Ontario nla.gov.au/nla.obj-33590540
[Australian Capital Territory including Canberra : geographic ephemera collected by the National Library of Australia], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-36052758