Key Australian statistics websites

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australia's official statistical organisation. CQU staff and students additionally have access to AusSTATS, an online collection of all ABS publications from 1998 onwards.

Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR)

Contains a wide range of demographic, economic and social data relating to the state of Queensland, as well as information about using statistics.

Key international statistics websites

AsiaSource

Maps, comparative statistics and country profiles for Asia and the Pacific.

FedStats

National, state, metropolitan data for the U.S.

InfoNation

Comparative statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.

OFFSTATS

A comprehensive source of links to official statistics from different countries.

Statistical Data Locators

Links to a range of government and non government Web sites.

Finding statistics on the Web

Many statistics can now be accessed via the World Wide Web. Methods to locate statistics include: locating the web address for an organisation e.g. United Nations - < http://www.un.org or using a search engine to locate an organisation or statistics on a topic.

The google search engine would be a good starting point - http://www.google.com
To learn more about Google, click on the Search Tips link in the top right hand corner.

Search example 1: statistics health australia
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Search example 3: statistics queensland
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