Data & statistics
Ground your sociology assignments in good quality data by searching for statistics in these websites.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides statistical information including reports and census data from the 1990s onwards, with a growing range of historical data.
As a UOW user, you can register to access microdata and use Census TableBuilder to create tables, graphs and maps of Census data. -
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare PublicationsA Government institute providing reports and statistics on a broad range of health and welfare issues in Australia, including the annual Australia's Health and Australia's Welfare reports.
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Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO)APO makes research on public policy discoverable, and you can search by keyword or browse by type of information. It's maintained by Swinburne University of Technology and RMIT University.
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Australian Data ArchiveUse the Australian Data Archive (ADA) to access 6000 datasets from more than 1500 projects and studies from 1838 through until the present day. You can search by methodology or theme.
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data.gov.auThe central repository for Open Data from Australian state and federal government agencies.
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Social Policy Research Centre: ResearchThe Social Policy Research Centre works across the areas of care, disability, family and community, social inequality, and policy design and impact. Browse by topic, publications or projects.
