ABS Census data extract - G01 SELECTED PERSON CHARACTERISTICS BY SEX providing a breakdown of population at Suburb level and by:age groupsaboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons (a)birthplace (b) and (c)language used at home (d)age of persons attending an education institution (e)highest year of school completed (f)count of persons in occupied private dwellings (g)Count of persons in other dwellings (g) (h)This data is based on place of usual residence unless otherwise stated.(a) Applicable to persons who are of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.(b) Includes 'Australia', 'Australia (includes External Territories), nfd', 'Norfolk Island' and 'Australian External Territories, nec'.(c) Includes 'Inadequately described', and 'At sea'. Excludes not stated.(d) Includes 'Inadequately described' and 'Non-verbal, so described'. Excludes not stated.(e) Comprises 'Preschool', 'Primary' (including Government, Catholic, Other non-Government, Primary not further defined), 'Secondary' (including Government, Catholic, Other non-Government, Secondary not further defined) and 'Tertiary' (including vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers), university or other higher education, Tertiary not further defined). Excludes persons who did not state which type of education institution they were attending.(f) Applicable to persons aged 15 years and over.(g) Data is based on place of enumeration. Excludes overseas visitors.(h) Includes 'Visitors only' and 'Other non-classifiable' households, 'Non-private dwellings' and 'Migratory, off-shore and shipping' SA1s.Please note that there are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.

The papers relate chiefly to the printing of forms for the 1856 Census. Also included are copies of instructions for the taking of the Census in 1851 and in 1856.

There is a printed circular of suggestions from the Colonial Office on the method of taking a census, dated 1848, and a bundle of memos from the Government Printer concerning the despatch of forms to various districts.

(4/6846.2). 1 bundle.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

This volume records registered number, former papers, date registered, from whom, residence (ie. district), date of letter, nature of application or representation, later papers, and result of application.

(4/1696). 1 vol.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

As of June 2023, there were approximately 8.33 million residents in the New South Wales region in Australia. In comparison, there were around 252 thousand residents in the Northern Territory region.

The Mallee Plot Network Vegetation Survey (Floristics) Data Package contains vegetation survey data for ten of the fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites which were established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park. The ten plots are S2011/1, S2012/1, S2012/2, S2012/4, S2012/6, S2016/7, T2011/1, T2011/2, T2011/3 and T2011/4. Between 1996 and 2011, 53 experimental sites were established on dune crests and upper slopes, of which 29 are located in Tarawi Nature Reserve, 16 are in Scotia Sanctuary and 8 are in Danggali Conservation Park. After initial censuses in three consecutive years (before and after prescribed fire) or two consecutive years (after wildfire), sites are revisited approximately every five years. A synopsis of related data packages, which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/mallee.

At the 2021 Australian census, 278,043 people in New South Wales were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. New South Wales is Australia’s most populated state, also housing Australia’s largest city, Sydney. By comparison, Australia’s second largest state, Victoria, was home to around 66 thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

There are around 800,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, which represents just over three percent of the Australian population. Indigenous people are often referred to as Australia's first people or the traditional custodians of the land in recognition of their ancestors inhabiting Australia more than 60,000 years ago. Australia's Indigenous peoples are represented by two distinct groups. Aboriginal people come from the Australian mainland. Torres Strait Islander people inhabit the group of Islands between the northern tip of Queensland and Papua New Guinea and represent less than 40,000 people.

Closing the gap

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience significantly poorer health and wellbeing outcomes when compared to their non-Indigenous Australian counterparts. The average life expectancy of Indigenous Australians is around eight years shorter than that of the non-Indigenous population. In education, Indigenous Australians are also underrepresented, but attendance rates are improving and in 2019, full-time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students numbered well over 200,000 people.

These are miscellaneous papers connected with the 1836 census. They include a sheet which may be a record of the returns which have come in, and whether they appear to be correct or not. Districts are listed, under the heading 'Police' in no apparent order, and comments noted beside them. There is a group of papers relating to religion and a number of letters to the Colonial Secretary.

(4/1242.8). 1 bundle.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

As of December 2023, the proportion of the Australian population that lived in New South Wales amounted to 31.3 percent. The Northern Territory had the least number of residents in the country, with less than one percent of the population residing there.

Illawarra (4/1243A-C). 3 vols.

These records comprise Form A - Householders Returns and Form B - Collectors' Affidavits.
Form A records county, parish, town or district; name of householder, employer of servants, or person in charge; place of residence and street if in a town. Then follows a series of questions relating to the proprietor of the house, the substance the house was built of, the people residing in the house and how many of them were free.
On the other side of the form is a table headed "Numerical return showing the age, sex, religion, occupation, condition and trade and calling, of persons in the said House or Establishment".

Form B accompanies Form A. It is an affidavit form signed by the collector that the numbers taken are a true statement of the number and quality of the persons residing in the district. They showing running numbers covered by the returns with which they are filed. They are signed by the collector, the place and date are given and the signature of the Justice of the Peace or Police Magistrate for the area.

Port Phillip (4/1244A-C; microfilm copy SR Reels 1419 and 2509). 3 vols.

This form records on a single sheet the information noted on Forms A and B described above.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

According to the 2016 Australian census, 33.6 percent of Australia's overseas born population lived in the state of New South Wales. Tasmania and the Northern Territory were home to the smallest proportion of overseas-born people living in Australia, with a combined share of less than two percent.

The papers consist of first, a sheet of paper with rough notes apparently of additions and subtractions to be made to and from various districts. The district names have been crossed through in pencil. There is a second list, noting persons of uncertain religion from various districts.

(4/1242.6). 2 sheets.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

In June 2022, it was estimated that around 7.3 percent of Australians were aged between 25 and 29, and the same applied to people aged between 30 and 34. All in all, about 55 percent of Australia’s population was aged 35 years or older as of June 2022. At the same time, the age distribution of the country also shows that the share of children under 14 years old was still higher than that of people over 65 years old. A breakdown of Australia’s population growth Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world, yet with a population of around 26 million inhabitants, it is only sparsely populated. Since the 1970s, the population growth of Australia has remained fairly constant. While there was a slight rise in the Australian death rate in 2022, the birth rate of the country decreased after a slight rise in the previous year. The fact that the birth rate is almost double the size of its death rate gives the country one of the highest natural population growth rates of any high-income country.
National distribution of the population Australia’s population is expected to surpass 28 million people by 2028. The majority of its inhabitants live in the major cities. The most populated states are New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Together, they account for over 75 percent of the population in Australia.

Census employment and income data for persons working in creative industries and creative occupations.

This dataset consists of 14 individual datasets that underpin the interactive dashboards on the project's Data Tables webpage.

Project background:

Australian cultural and creative activity: A population and hotspot analysis is an Australian Research Council Linkage project (LP160101724) being undertaken by QUT and the University of Newcastle, in partnership with Arts Queensland, Create NSW, Creative Victoria, Arts South Australia and the Western Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

This comprehensive project aims to grasp the contemporary dynamics of cultural and creative activity in Australia. It brings together population-level and comparative quantitative and qualitative analyses of local cultural and creative activity. The project will paint a complete national picture, while also exploring the factors that are producing local and regional creative hotspots.

Creative hotspots for study were selected in consultation with state research partners:

Queensland – Cairns, Sunshine Coast + Noosa, Gold Coast, Central West Queensland
New South Wales – Coffs Harbour, Marrickville, Wollongong, Albury
Victoria – Geelong + Surf Coast, Ballarat, Bendigo, Wodonga
Western Australia – Geraldton, Fremantle, Busselton, Albany + Denmark
South Australia – to be confirmed shortly

Statistical summaries drawn from a diverse range of data sources including the Australian Census, the Australian Business Register, IP Australia registration data, infrastructure availability lists and creative grants and rights payments as well as our fieldwork, inform hotspot reports.

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The Black Rockcod (Epinephelus daemelii) is a large, slow-growing, long-lived reef fish that occurs in Australia along the coast of New South Wales, including at Lord Howe Island. Populations of black rockcod have been significantly reduced here due to overfishing, accidental hooking, and loss or degradation of estuarine and intertidal nursery habitats. As a result, the species is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ under both the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the NSW Fisheries Management Act 1994.

Despite having been protected from fishing in NSW since 1983, black rockcod are still taken illegally, or caught incidentally and released, which can lead to mortality post-release from embolism. Its protection status results from concerns of population declines across its range. The NSW Government has identified long-term population monitoring as a a high priority for the species’ recovery plan.

Broadscale surveys of black rockcod were first conducted using the diver Underwater Visual Census (UVC) technique in 2009-11 when 83 sites were sampled from Port Stephens to Cook Island in far northern NSW, including the waters of Lord Howe Island. This NESP Marine and Coastal Hub project 3.14 funded the repeat of these broadscale surveys in 2023, with 8 additional sites (91 total) sampled using the same technique. For each black rockcod sighting, the length of the fish was visually estimated by divers, and also filmed using a diver stereo camera system where possible to obtain an exact length measurement. Other attributes recorded included the habitat the fish was found in, if the sighting was cryptic (i.e. hidden or camouflaged), and the depth of the sighting.

Based on the broadscale survey sites in 2009-11, a subset of 19 key Black rockcod survey sites along mainland NSW were established These comprised of two sites in the Cape Byron Marine Park (CBMP), five sites in the Solitary Islands Marine Park (SIMP) two sites at SW Rocks (Fish Rock), and ten sites within the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park (PSGLMP). An additional 18 key sites were established at Lord Howe Island (LHIMP) and surveyed in 2011, 2019, 2023 & 2024. These surveys involved an identical methodology to the broadscale surveys, but without the use of stereo cameras as diver estimates of fish size were shown to be reasonably similar. This NESP MaC Hub project 3.14 provided funding for the resurveying of the 37 total key sites (where weather permitted) in both 2023 and 2024.

The data provided by this record includes: (1) all black rockcod sightings and measurements for broadscale sites (2023) and key sites (2023 & 2024); (2) a comparison of the counts of black rockcod recorded at broadscale sites in 2009-11 (n=83) and again in 2023 (n=91); and (3) a comparison of the count of black rockcod recorded at key monitoring sites in northern NSW (n=19) and Lord Howe Island (n=18) across monitoring years 2009-2024.

The tables are the final abstract made from the abstracts of districts. There are two similar copies.

The first copy (4/1242.4) records total number of returns; counties; persons on the establishment: male - free (above and under 12), convicts, total; then the same for females; general total; religion divided into Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jew, Pagans, Uncertain; grand totals.

The second list (4/1242.5) appears to be the rough copy from which the first was compiled.

(4/1242.4-.5). 1 bundle (part).

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

This annual statistical publication presents tables and charts about New South Wales schools and students. Data is from the census of both government and non-government students, undertaken in August each year.

Data source:

• Statistical publications. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Australia (AUS) and State/Territory (S/T)

Australia (AUS) is the largest geographic area in the Main Structure of the ASGS.

Australia is broken up into the States and Territories (S/T) that are separately recognised in the ASGS:

• New South Wales
• Victoria
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Western Australia
• Tasmania
• Northern Territory
• Australian Capital Territory
• Other Territories (Jervis Bay Territory, Territory of Christmas Island, Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island)

S/T are made of one or more Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s).

Jervis Bay Territory, and the Territories of Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island are included as one spatial unit at the S/T level under the category of Other Territories.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics (Jul2021-Jun2026), Data services and APIs, ABS Website, accessed 25 July 2023.

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This is a printed abstract form which records county; bench of magistrates responsible for the returns; male divided into free - over 12 and under 12; convict; total; females similarly divided; general total; religions divided into Protestants, Roman Catholics, Jews, Pagans. There are totals at the end of each county and grand totals at the end of each column. It is in alphabetical order by county.

(4/1242.7). 1 bundle.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

This statistic presents the number of homeless people living in Australia in 2016, by state or territory. According to the source, approximately 37.7 thousand people in New South Wales in Australia were considered homeless on Census night in 2016.