Data you may be interested in might include:
General
- Total Population
- Number and percentage of population via age groups compared to the state or national percentage
- Number and percentageof Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population – compared the state or national percentage
- Number and percentage of people who speak a language other than English at home – compared the state or national percentage
- Population Growth Rate – compared to the state or national Average
- Areas with the fastest population growth rate
- Projected population
- Number and percentage of homeless persons compared to the state or national percentage
Department of Social Services
- Number and percentage of population receiving:
- the age pension,
- disability support pension
- Newstart allowance
- Number and percentage of people needing assistance with a profound or severe disability – compared to the state percentage
Income
- Median total personal income per year compared to the state or national median
- Median total family income compared to the state or national median
- Number and percentage of low-income families compared to the state or national average
Employment
- Largest industries in terms of employment as a percentage of total employment in area – compared to the state or national
- Most common occupations as a percentage of all occupations – compared to the state or national average
Unemployment
- Number and percentage of unemployed persons compared to the state or national percentage
- Comparison of current unemployment rate with previous years
- Number and percentage families with children under 15 with no parent employed
Housing
- Median dwelling sales prices compared to the state or national average
- Housing Tenure (such as ownership status) compared to the state or national percentage
Family composition
- Number and percentage of couple families with children and one parent families with children compared to the state or national percentage
- Number and percentage of households with one family, lone person households, group households and multiple family households compared to the state or national percentage.
- Number and percentage of people who undertake volunteer work compared to the state or national percentage
Early childhood development (AEDC)
- Number and percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in one or more development domains compared to the state or national percentage
- Number and percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in two or more development domains compared to the state or national percentage
- Development domain(s) with highest percentage of developmentally vulnerable children
NAPLAN
- NAPLAN results by age groups compared to the state or national averages
School Completion
- Number and percentage of people via highest level of schooling completed compared to the state or national percentage
Qualifications
- Number and percentage of population who have received qualifications compared to the state or national percentage via type of qualification
Mental health
- Number of admitted patients with a principal diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders compared to the state or national percentage
- Any other health related statistics, for example rates of cardio-vascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, death by suicide compared to the state or national percentage
Crime
- Number and percentage of reported offences compared to the state or national average
- Number and percentage of offences against the person compared to the state or national average
- Number and percentage of offences against property compared to the state or national average
Domestic and family violence
- Number and percentage of domestic and family violence orders compared to the state or national average
- Number and percentage of domestic and family violence breaches compared to the state or national average
There are several places where data is recorded – some data is already published, while other data is held by public institutions and available on request.