This publication aims to inform decision-making, research and discussion on social conditions in Australia. It covers social issues of current and ongoing concern, population groups of interest, and changes in these over time. The selection of articles aims to address current and perennial social concerns and to provide answers to key social questions. Some topics...

This paper presents a case study of an exercise in Aboriginal community governance. It sets out the background events that led the Yawuru Native Title Holders Aboriginal Corporation to secure information for its own needs as an act of self-determination and essential governance, and it presents some of the key findings from that exercise. As...

This paper charts recent changes in personal and household income by combining the first release census data for 2011 with community profiles for Indigenous and other households from the 2001 and 2006 Censuses. Changes in household size and housing cost are also explored in order to appreciate some of the changing pressures on family resources...

The most recent Census of Population and Housing was conducted on 9 August 2011. This was Australia's sixteenth national Census, and marked 100 years of national Census taking in Australia. The 2011 Census was the largest logistical peacetime operation ever undertaken in Australia, employing over 43,000 field staff to ensure approximately 14.2 million forms were...

New statistics released showing the most recent population numbers within Australia from the 2011 census. Estimated resident population The preliminary estimated resident population (ERP) of Australia at 31 December 2011 was 22,485,300 persons.This was an increase of 302,600 persons since 31 December 2010 and 82,400 persons since 30 September 2011. The preliminary natural increase recorded...