Service Description: This layer provides a selection of the General Community Profile information from the ABS 2021 census. Data is available for Country, Greater Capital City Statistical Area, Local Government Area, Statistical Area Level 1 & 2, and Suburb and Localities boundaries.

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• Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2)
• Local Government Areas (3)
• Statistical Area Level 2 (4)
• Suburbs and Localities (5)
• Statistical Area Level 1 (6)

Description:

This layer provides General Community Profile information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 census. Data is available for Country, Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), Local Government Area (LGA), Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) and 2 (SA2), and Suburb and Localities (SAL) boundaries.

The General Community Profile contains a series of tables showing the characteristics of persons, families and dwellings in a selected geographic area. The data is based on place of usual residence (that is, where people usually live, rather than where they were counted on Census night). Community Profiles are excellent tools for researching, planning and analysing geographic areas for a number of social, economic and demographic characteristics.

To see the full list of attributes available in this service, go to the "Data" tab, and choose "Fields" at the top right. 

Download the data here.

Data and Geography notes:

• View the Readme files located in the DataPacks and GeoPackages zip files.
• To access the 2021 DataPacks, visit https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/datapacks
• Glossary terms and definitions of classifications can be found in the 2021 Census Dictionary
• More information about Census data products is available at https://www.abs.gov.au/census/guide-census-data/about-census-tools/datapacks

Detailed geography information: 

• https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/main-structure-and-greater-capital-city-statistical-areas: 2021 Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1), 2021 Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), 2021 Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (GCCSA), 2021 Australia (AUS)
• https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/non-abs-structures: 2021 Suburbs and Localities (SAL), 2021 Local Government Areas (LGA)

Please note that there are data assumptions that should be considered when analysing the ABS Census data. These are detailed within the Census documents referenced above. These include:

• Registered Marital Status
  In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.
• Core Activity Need for Assistance
  Measures the number of people with a profound or severe core activity limitation. People with a profound or severe core activity limitation are those needing assistance in their day to day lives in one or more of the three core activity areas of self-care, mobility and communication because of a long-term health condition (lasting six months or more), a disability (lasting six months or more), or old age. 
• Number of Motor Vehicles
  Excludes motorbikes, motor scooters and heavy vehicles.

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.

Source:  Australian Bureau of Statistics

Copyright Text: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

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