Key Indicators

Population clock 24,427,771 1 new person every 1 minute and 22 seconds Consumer price index 1.5% December quarter 2016 All groups, original Gross domestic product 1.1% Quarterly change Dec 2016 Chain volume measure, seasonally adjusted Average weekly earnings $1,533.10 November 2016 Full time adults ordinary time, trend estimate Unemployment rate 5.9% March 2017 Monthly, trend estimate
2016 Census Can you guess who the 'typical' Aussie is? While the Census provides plenty of information on the ‘typical’ Australian, it also shows we’re a big, diverse community. This is just a glimpse of what will be revealed when 2016 Census data is released on Tuesday, 27 June 2017
2016 Census 2016 Census data seminars Find out what the 2016 Census tells us about ourselves and our communities. Register your interest in attending our free Census data seminars to be held across Australia from July 2017. Locations and dates will be confirmed in the coming months.

Interesting Fact

There were 909,000 single parent families in Australia in 2012-13