Library Research Guides: English: Statistics Research

Statistical Research

Explore the statistical data on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website and choose a topic.

For example:

Education and training
Work and the labour force
Accommodation - Home ownership
Families & Children (Divorce, marriage rates)
Sport & Recreation
Populations (Migration, Birth, Death, Age)
Leisure Activities
Travel and tourism
Health (Diabetes, Heart disease, Alcohol, Drugs)
Crime and justice
The environment (Air pollution, Landfill, Deforestation, Plastics, Climate change)
Transport
Computers
Entertainment (Amusement Centres, Cinema, Performing Arts, Zoos)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders - Know your community
Use this link to find statistics about Indigenous communities in a location of your choice in Queensland

Search Google for comparative statistics
This link will take you to a google search for comparative statistics on Australia and other countries. Add your country of choice and topic (e.g. crime) to the search string for more focused results.
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(comparative OR comparison) AND (statistic OR statistics OR statistical OR census) AND (Australia OR Australian) AND (international OR U.K. OR U.S. OR Canada OR France OR China OR Japan) site:gov
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Use the Compare Countries tool to explore the differences between countries on key measures.
Data Cubes
Browse the available spreadsheets for ABS and international comparative statistics in spreadsheet form.
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("australian social trends" OR ABS OR "australian bureau of statistics") data cube filetype:xls
OECD Data
Select a theme to explore on the left and then use the drop down box to select which country's data to look at
ILOSTAT
International labour statistics

United Kingdom (UK)	Office for National Statistics
United States (US)	Census.gov
Japan	Statistics Bureau of Japan
Canada	Statistics Canada
France	The National Institue of Statistics and Economic Studies
China	National Bureau of Statistics China