Data availability

Data availability by level of geography and data source

Module	Topic or life stage	Regional levels	Data source
Topics	People and communities	AUS, STE, IREG, IARE, ILOC, SA4, SA3, SA2	Census of Population and Housing 2016
Topics	Culture and Language	AUS, STE	Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19, NATSISS 2014–15
Topics	Education and work	AUS, STE, IREG, IARE, ILOC, SA4, SA3, SA2	Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19, NATSISS 2014–15
Topics	Health risk factors	AUS, STE	NATSIHS 2018-19
Topics	Health conditions	AUS, STE, IREG	NATSIHS 2018-19, National Morbidity (Hospital) Database, National Eye Health Survey
Topics	Disability	AUS, STE	Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19
Topics	Life expectancy and mortality	AUS, STE	National Mortality Database
Topics	Housing circumstances and health	AUS, STE, IREG, IARE, ILOC, SA4, SA3	Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19, NATSISS 2014–15
Topics	Health services	AUS, STE	Online Services Report, National Hospitals Morbidity Database, National Perinatal Data Collection, national Key Performance Indicators, Health Workforce Dataset
Life stages	Mothers and babies	AUS, STE, IREG	National Perinatal Data Collection
Life stages	Children	AUS, STE	Australian Early Development Census, Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19, NATSISS 2014–15
Life stages	Adolescents and youth	AUS, STE	Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19, NATSISS 2014–15, MBS
Life stages	Adults	AUS, STE	Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19, NATSISS 2014–15, MBS
Life stages	Older people	AUS, STE	Census 2016, NATSIHS 2018-19, NATSISS 2014–15, MBS

Regional level geography

To view the boundaries for different region types, use the interactive map available at ABS Maps.

Indigenous communities and locations

Number of Indigenous communities and locations by state

State	Number of Indigenous community locations	Number of Indigenous community location names	Number of other locations
New South Wales	60	62	4,458
Victoria	1	1	2,913
Queensland	204	297	3,224
South Australia	144	214	1,659
Western Australia	359	838	1,649
Tasmania	4	6	762
Northern Territory	820	2,326	246
Australian Capital Territory	0	0	129
Other territories	0	3	4
TOTAL	1,592	3,747	15,044

Source for Indigenous community locations: AGIL 2019.

Source for other locations: ABS State Suburbs (SSC) 2016.

Note: The ‘Number of Indigenous communities and locations by state’ table, uses AGIL 2019 and ABS State Suburbs 2016, and presents Indigenous community locations that are unique, Indigenous community location names – which may include multiple names for some community locations, and other locations which are unique. The RIFIC List of Communities does not match the number of Indigenous community locations and other locations because additional locations were added to the search list.

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