Community Profiles

Community Profiles are tools for researching, planning and analysing geographic areas for a number of social, economic and demographic characteristics. Community Profiles provide a comprehensive statistical picture of an area in Excel spreadsheet, delivering data relating to people, families, and dwellings.

Community Profiles are already built and populated tables of Census data which include most topics on the Census form and provide a comprehensive statistical picture for an area of your choosing. 

There are four types of Community Profiles:

• General Community Profile is based on place of usual residence and contains tables showing the characteristics of persons, families and dwellings in a selected geographic area.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Profile provide characteristics of this population.
• Time Series Profile presents comparable data from the previous three Censuses.
• Working Population Profile contains key Census characteristics of employed persons, based on the person’s place of work.

Anyone can use Community Profiles, however Community Profiles provides lots of detailed statistical information and may be harder to navigate for novice users.

Community Profiles can be found by using the Search Census data tool. 

The Search Census data tool provides you with different ways to find data for a selected area, returning Community Profiles and QuickStats. Using one of the search options, search by Census year and area to see links to Community Profiles.

Information about how to use Search Census data can be found in the Search Census data user guide.

The Search Census data tool is free to use.

Information about how to use Community Profiles can be found in the Community Profiles user guide.

The 2021 Census Privacy Statement provides privacy information for the 2021 Census of Population and Housing (the Census). The statement supports the ABS Privacy Policy for Statistical Information which outlines in detail how the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) protects your personal information.

For more information on the confidentiality of data, the 2021 Census Privacy Statement or Introduced random error/perturbation, please refer to Confidentiality.

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