Library Guides: Statistics: Census data

Census

Definition:

a periodic counting of the population and gathering of related statistics, e.g. age, sex, or social class, carried out by a government.

an official count or tally

from: census. (2007). In The Penguin English Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com.elibrary.jcu.edu.au/entry/penguineng/census

International census data

SIPRI: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. Based in Stockholm, SIPRI also has a presence in Beijing, and is regularly ranked among the most respected think tanks worldwide.
United Nations Statistical Division Databases
The Census Knowledge Base, a fundamental part of the resource centre for the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme, is a repository of documents relevant for the field of population and housing census taking
US Census Bureau
Includes American Community Survey, Estimates, Projections, Housing, Income, State Median Income, Poverty, Health Insurance, International, Genealogy, Census 2000, Economic Census
UK Census Data
The census in England and Wales from the Office of National Statistics
POPLINE: POPulation information onLINE
The world's largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues
International Data Base (IDB)
Country rankings and world population information

US Census Bureau PopClocks

Australian census data

ABS Census website has statistical profiles for geographic areas.

Census Home Page
Historical Censuses (Pre 1996) (ABS)
See Census data from 1991 1986, 1981, 1976

Townsville & Cairns: get started with Census 2011 results

The ABS website has many options for looking at the figures from the 2011 census. These links cover the Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) for the Cairns and Townsville regions. You can use the Census site to drill down into the level of a few blocks in a neighbourhood (SA1).

Note that these areas do not match Local Government suburbs exactly.

Cairns QuickStats
Cairns SA4 QuickStats is for the greater Cairns area. You can see essential community statistics compared to the rest of Queensland and Australia at a glance.
Cairns Community Profile
The Census Community Profiles are downloadable Excel files that contain Basic Community Profiles as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) profiles.
Townsville QuickStats
Townsville Community Profile
Queensland Regional Profiles
The Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR) has updated their regional profiles series with data from the 2011 census.

Singapore Census Data

Department of Statistics Singapore

Australian population clock

Photo 1921 Census by commons.wikimedia.org

one birth every 1:46 min
one death every 3:40 min
a net gain of one international migrant every 2:44 min
an overall total population increase of one person every 1:31 min (ABS)

Population clock Australia