ABS Website
What is this product or service
The official website of Australia’s national statistical agency, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The website is an official source of independent and reliable information. The website has been designed to make it easier for you to find the data or information you need.
Features you will find
The ABS website provides clear and easy pathways to statistical information on a broad range of demographic, economic, environmental and social topics, which include features such as:
- prominent key statistics
- interactive graphs and tables
- data downloads
- media releases and analytical articles.
The ABS website includes a range of supporting information to help you understand and interpret statistical information, such as: classifications, standards and detailed methodological information.
The ABS website also includes pathways to complete your ABS surveys as well as a range of information about our organisation.
Who is this the service for
As Australia’s national statistical agency, the ABS website contains an extensive holding of statistical information on a range of topics. Users of ABS data and statistics include government agencies, local councils, public and not-for-profit organisations, researchers, businesses, and community groups.
How do I access this service
You can access the ABS website.
Pricing
The ABS website is free to access. Some products and services provided through the ABS website are charged. For a summary of the products and services available, including which services are free or at a cost, visit Compare data services.
How do I receive help or support
Additional information about how to use and navigate the ABS website.
In addition, you can contact us.
Privacy
The ABS uses secure HTTPS connections for all of its websites. HTTPS is used to secure and protect personal or identifiable information which may be entered by customers on our contact forms and survey account forms. Customers can enjoy the wealth of data and information provided by the ABS, secure in the knowledge that any personal information is protected.
When you visit our website we use cookies to collect the following information:
- your IP address
- the date and time of your visit
- the pages you accessed and the documents you downloaded
- the search terms you used
- the previous site you visited
- your top level domain name (such as .com, .gov.au)
- your network location name (such as your internet service provider or organisation's name)
- any cookies that your browser has presented to our server.
The ABS Privacy Policy for Managing and Operating our Business sets out how we handle personal information that is collected for managing and operating within the ABS, consistent with the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles. This policy covers personal information that may be collected if you use an ABS product or service, provide a product or service to us, lodge a query or complaint, work for us, or apply for a job with us.
Accessibility & Inclusiveness
We are committed to providing information and services to the widest possible audience. We’ve designed this digital service to comply with the Australian Government Digital Service Standard and aim to meet the latest WCAG Guidelines which describe how to make web content more usable and accessible for everyone. We continue to explore ways to make it easy for you to access information and improve our digital services. If there’s information you need that you can’t get please contact us.
Problems that we are aware of and are working to fix:
- some tables on this site do not currently conform to WCAG 2.1 level AA
- some pages on this site are not responsive to different mobile devices
- older content may not be accessible.
For the best website experience and improved online security, we recommend using the following desktop browsers.
The most current and previous two versions of these browsers are currently supported.
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- Apple Safari.
System status
Available
Content on the ABS Website is updated regularly, for more information about upcoming releases see the Release Calendar.
We update our website with improvements regularly. We encourage you to provide your feedback using the feedback buttons. These are located on the right-hand side of each page and within the footer. If you have any questions about the changes we are making please contact us.