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
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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.