A Wealth of Information from the ABS

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A Wealth of Informationfrom the ABS

A Wealth of Information from the ABS at the
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ABS
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Outline

• Who we are and what we do
• ABS across the curriculum
• What Education Services Offers
• Keeping informed
• How to search
• Census data, National Regional Profiles,
• CPI, Key National Indicators, Other ways to
  search

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Who are We?

• ABS Education Services
• Encourage greater use of ABS data in schools
• Assist teachers and students use ABS data
  appropriately
• Improve statistical literacy of students
• Promote the study of statistics and statistics as
  a career.

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What does ABS Do?

• Economic and business data
• National accounts (CPI, PPI, LPI)
• Labour market
• Household income
• Export/import data
• Profitability
• Social and demographic data
• Census (every 5 years)
• Demographic data (estimated population)
• Crime and justice statistics
• Education statistics
• and much, much more

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But theres more

• Education Services offer
• School specific resources
• Classroom activities by state
• Real datasets (economic and social)
• Senior Curriculum Resources
• Measuring Australias Economy (cat no 1390.0)
• Newsletters (cat. no. 1330.0)
• National CensusAtSchool Project

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ABS Statistics Across the curriculum

• SOSE / Humanities
• Economics / Commerce
• History
• Business studies
• Science
• Maths

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Keeping Informed

• Subscribe to Education News (cat. no. 1330.0)
• RSS feeds
• email notification
• Subscribe to other newsletters

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Contact Education Services
Phone [phone] Email education_at_abs.gov.au
Visit www.abs.gov.au/teachers
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Population Clock
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Well go to Census
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View suite of Census online products
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Opening Census page with links to QuickStats,
MapStats, Census Tables, Community Profiles
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You can search using any of the above tabs.
Same search method for QuickStats, MapStats, etc
We have typed Fairfield and a list of all
places that include Fairfield has come up
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Once a selection has been made, a map appears to
check it is the wanted area
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QuickStatsThe major characteristics for that
area are displayed About persons, families and
dwellings Comparisons are made with Australia as
a whole
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Choose MapStats
Choose MapStats
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Search MapStats the same way as QuickStats
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Choose topic and sub topic, then press
sub-location (i.e. how the map will be divided)
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Choose Community Profiles
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Search Community profiles the same
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There are 6 Community profilesBasic
Indigenous Time Series Place of Enumeration
Extended and Working population Whether a
particular profile is available depends on the
area
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There are 6 Community profilesBasic
Indigenous Time Series Place of Enumeration
Extended and Working population Whether a
particular profile is available depends on the
area
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The Excel spreadsheet opens on a list of all
tables The tabs down the bottom are the links to
further topics, concepts and each table
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Basic Community Profiles Tutorials

• Go to ABS homepage
• Choose Services from top menu bar
• Choose ABS Online Training
• Click on Online Learning

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Click on Services
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Link to Social Atlases
Link to Social Atlases
Link to Social Atlases
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Link to electronic version or Can be purchased
for 20.30 (30 discount for schools)
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Colour coded maps of various data with brief
explanation
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National Regional Profiles

• Recently updated
• Choose by name
• Compare areas
• How to video on line

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National Regional Profiles- recently updated
National Regional Profiles
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Similar interface to Census pages less
geographies available
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Click on the twistie to open the State, then
choose the area you want
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Summary Page Divided into major headingsChoose
Population
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For Excel version choose the Downloads tab Also
see the Explanatory notes tab for further
information
Summary statistics on opening page
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Directly compare regions on a variety of
measures.You need to download SuperTable free
from website but take care download and read
the manual
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Information from the individual Regional Profiles
The data in the State based data cubes is
additional. Includes crime statistics,
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The type of information available comparing areas
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On line video tutorial on National Regional
Profiles
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Key National Indicators

• Contains a summary of Australias economic and
  social indicators
• Good starting point for quick access to vital
  economic and social statistics
• Provides links to key economic publications

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Key National Indicators summary tables and
graphs good starting point
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Opens on Summary tab Tables with main numbers
switch to Graphs for same info in graphical form
Link to the publication source of this summary
data
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Summary in graphical form
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Glossary of Terms from Explanatory Notes tab.
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Scroll down and choose one of the pubs Can also
do this from the previous summary page.
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The publication will open on the summary page
for greater detail go to Download tab go to
Explanatory Notes for Glossary
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CPI

• Consumer Price Index
• One of Australias main economic indicators

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CPI (Consumer Price Index)
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Check you have the latest data from the Past and
Future Releases tab
For greater detail go to the Downloads tab
Opens on Summary page key figures all groups
Other options (from left bar) capital city
comparisons main contributors etc
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Under the Explanatory Notes tab there is
information about CPI, weighting, etc
For more detailed information go to pdf and Excel
files via Downloads tab
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Other ways to search

• Google search
• All statistics
• Spotlight on ..

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Type in what you are looking for and Google will
search ABS pages
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ABS Pubs are organised into groups (see Web
Guide) Can search via Statistics
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Spotlight on latest statistics, often in the media