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Australian Bureau of Statistics chief statistician David Gruen says gender identity and sexuality questions will again be reconsidered for the 2026 Census after the previous federal government directed the ABS not to include the questions in last year’s national survey.

Experts say Australian census data linking income level and health outcomes is unsurprising and focus is now on how to change it

On paper, Robinvale is home to 3,740 people. But an independent study funded by the council found the actual number is closer to 8,000. Local officials say the discrepancy is putting people at risk.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has published its latest census data.

The first round of 2021 census key data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is finally here — remember filling it out in August in lockdown? — and it has revealed Australia is growing, changing and is more diverse than ever before.The official population in August 2021 was 25.4…

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People aged 18 to 24 had to deal with mental ill health or job woes far more than older people, Australian Bureau of Statistics finds

The federal government announces it will begin collecting ethnicity data as part of measuring diversity, a move long demanded by experts and multicultural groups.

When Labor leader Anthony Albanese couldn’t quote Australia’s unemployment rate in the first week of the election campaign, many said it didn’t matter: the Australian Bureau of Statistics figure was “meaningless”; “fudged”; “manipulated”; and didn’t count all those who had registered for JobSeeker.

Australians continue to tentatively return to overseas travel, but only one demographic has come anywhere near its pre-pandemic peak.

Borrowing for housing fell 6.4 per cent to $30.99 billion in April, representing a steeper fall than economists were expecting.