Australian Bureau of Statistics

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The ABS headquarters in Belconnen , Canberra

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the Australian agency for statistics . It was established on December 8, 1905 as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics (CBCS). The Canberra office has 2,824 employees.

In 1974 it was renamed to its current name.

census

The Authority shall, every five years, a census ( Australia Census of Population and Housing by). The results of the last census, which took place in 2016, were published on June 27, 2017.

Further surveys

In addition to population development, the ABS also provides many other statistics. Some of the most important key figures from the private and public sectors are published as Key National Indicators , including:

  • gross domestic product
  • Consumption and investment
  • production
  • Price development
  • Labor market and demographics
  • income
  • property

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Census of Population and Housing 2016. Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 27, 2017, accessed August 12, 2017 .
  2. ^ Key National Indicators, 2007 . In: Australian Bureau of Statistics . December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.

Coordinates: 35 ° 14 ′ 26.2 ″  S , 149 ° 4 ′ 5 ″  E