Statistics: Key Resources

Australian Bureau of Statistics - The Statistics section of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website gives you access to the full range of ABS statistical and reference information.

ABS Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs)Microdata - CURFs microdata is the most detailed level of ABS statistical data available, and is used by researchers in Universities, Government and the private sector.

Australian Government - Stats / Data -Australian Government - Data and Statistical Resources.

Australian Census - The Census of Population and Housing is the largest statistical collection undertaken by the ABS and one of the most important. Its objective is to accurately measure the number and key characteristics of people who are in Australia.

ICPSR - The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to thousands of social science datasets for research and instruction. This is a first place to start in looking for social science data for secondary analysis.

U. S. Census Bureau - The leading source of data about the nation's people and economy. Includes the Decennial Census, the American Community Survey the Economic Census, and more.

US Government data and statistical resources - Includes topics such as health, education, economic, crime, child and family, immigration, genealogy, labour and many more.

Registry of Research data Repositories - Social Science - The goal of re3data.org is to create a global registry of research data repositories. The registry will cover research data repositories from different academic disciplines. re3data.org will present repositories for the permanent storage and access of data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers and scholarly institutions.