Library Research Guides: Statistics &amp; open data sets: Open data sets

Finding datasets using Google

Google Dataset Search - discover data sets hosted in thousands of repositories across the web.

Google Trends - measures what people are searching for right now with the ability to embed and download the data as a csv file.

The open web provides a number of resources for finding data. Try these search techniques:

Use Google Advanced Search
Include search terms like data or table
Use other keywords by incorporating OR (e.g football OR rugby OR soccer)
Search for a particular document type (e.g. sport participation filetype:xls)
Search for data on a particular site or domain such has a Government report using .gov.au

.id Community
Demographic resources and in-depth information for over 300 local government areas and suburbs in Australia and New Zealand.
Australian Government Data
Data.gov.au provides an easy way to find, access and reuse public data.
Gov Hackerspace
GovHack is an annual Open Data competition held across Australia and New Zealand.
Research Data Australia
Research Data Australia helps you find, access, and reuse data for research from over one hundred Australian research organisations, government agencies, and cultural institutions. We do not store the data itself here but provide descriptions of, and links to, the data from our data publishing partners.
AgSurf
Find data on agricultural industries from the Department of Agriculture.

Statistics & open data sets