Statistics on the internet
These are useful Australian statistics websites and provide a good starting place for local government in planning for an ageing community.
Australia
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ABS provides information, statistical summaries, selected publications and links on all aspects of population ageing.
New South Wales
- Transport and Population Data Centre
- TPDC provides New South Wales state and regional population projections for the period 2001 to 2051.
Queensland
- Office of Economic and Statistical Research
- OESR provides a wide range of demographic, economic and healthAgeing data relating to the state of Queensland.
South Australia
- Department of Transport and Urban Planning
- DTUP provides population projections for South Australia at state, statistical division and statistical local area level.
Tasmania
- Service Tasmania Online
- The official Tasmanian Government site for statistics, it provides a range of publications relating to population and ageing.
- Tasmania Demographics
- This site contains Tasmanian demographic data such as age distribution, employment, population distribution, numbers and trends, and regional community profiles.
Victoria
- Department of Sustainability and Environment
- DOSE provides a range of population and household projections for Victoria published under the title Victoria in Future 2004.
Western Australia
- Office of Seniors Interests and Volunteering
- Statistics on this site include population projections and a series of fact sheets to assist local government agencies with their planning and research needs.
- Regional Statistics Western Australia
- The site provides a statistical snapshot of Western Australian regions.
