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We are proud to be a leading secondary distributor for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Our joint history dates back to 1995 when Eighty20 was first produced on disks.
Eighty20 contains data from the most recent Census that was taken during August 2006,as well as the results from the 2001, and 1996 Census of Population and Housing. Data from previous years are included in modules such as trends - to assist the user understand how an area has changed over time.
Age
For 2006 each person's age was classified into single year categories, from 0 to 99 years, and 100 years or more. The upper limit of the 1996 categories was 99 years or more. For infants aged less than one year, 0 years of age is recorded.
Ancestry
A person's ancestry provides a good indication of the ethnic background of first and second generation Australians. Respondents were asked to consider and mark the ancestries they most closely identified with, and to count their ancestry back as far as three generations.
Assessor
Assessor is a tool designed to calculate the likely profit or loss of a marketing campaign before it is run - and to pinpoint areas of highest potential for the campaign based upon the expected sales response rate and presence of the target market.
Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC)
The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) was developed by the ABS for the collection and dissemination of geographic statistics.
Eighty20 contains highly sophisticated derived data, dated 2008/2009. The data is grouped into 2544 business categories, counted and de-duplicated within the category. It is then geo-coded to census collector district level.
Birthplace
Census Collection District (CCD)
See Collection District (CD)
Collection District (CD)
The census Collection District (CD), also known as CCDs (Census Collection Districts), is the smallest geographic area defined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). They are the used for the aggregation of statistics to larger census geographic areas. CDs are defined for each census. Where necessary, CDs are created or boundaries adjusted to conform with changes to LGA boundaries.
Eighty-20 reports the statistics on different variables. These variables are known as demographic bands.
· Age by sex
· Age by registered marital status by sex
· Ancestry by birthplace of parents
· Birthplace (countries) by sex
· Birthplace (regions) by sex
· Language spoken at home by sex
· Proficiency in spoken English by year of arrival in Australia
· Religious affiliation by sex
· Type of educational institution attending (full-time/part-time) by sex
· Highest level of schooling completed by sex
· Weekly individual income by age by sex
· Relationship in household by age by sex
· Age by computer use by sex
· Internet use by sex
· Family type
· Dwelling structure by persons usually resident
· Dwelling structure by tenure type and landlord type
· Monthly housing loan repayment
· Weekly rent by landlord type
· State of usual residence on census night by sex
· Selected characteristics
Another 12 tables will be released later in the year.
Display Level
The level of the geographical hierarchy you want the results displayed. For example, you may want to search in the NSW Sydney region and see the results displayed for each postcode in that region.
Includes Australia, States, Division, Sub Division, Local Government Area (LGA), Post Code, Statistical Local Area (SLA) and Census Collection Districts (CCD). All of these categories are defined separately in this glossary.
The geographic data in Eighty20 is arranged in hierarchies, as follows:
· Australia is made up of States;
· States are made up of Divisions;
· Divisions are made up of Sub-Divisions;
· Sub-Divisions are made up of Postcodes, or Local Government Areas;
· LGAs are made up of Statistical Local Areas;
· Postcodes and SLAs are made up of Census Collector Districts (CCDs)
This contains the languages and groups of languages most likely to be used in Australia.
Local Government Area (LGA)
The Local Government Area (LGA) is a geographical area under the responsibility of an incorporated local government council, or an incorporated Community Government Council of sufficient size and statistical significance in the Northern Territory. The LGAs in Australia collectively cover only a part of Australia. The main areas not covered by LGAs are the extensive northern parts of South Australia, a large part of the Northern Territory, all of the Australian Capital Territory and the Other Territories.
Locator
By drawing together Business and Census data, the Locator module is useful in understanding which types of businesses are under or over represented in an area relative to their target markets.
The legal status of the person - not necessarily his/her current living arrangement. The categories are married, separated, divorced, widowed, never married.
Postal Areas are ABS approximations of Australia Post postcodes, created by allocating whole Collection Districts (CDs) on a 'best fit' basis to postcodes.
Census Postal Areas exclude non-mappable Australia Post postcodes such as:
post office box postcodes;
some delivery route postcodes, which are also covered by other postcodes (a situation which often occurs in rural areas); and
some postcodes which, because of the application of the 'best fit' principle, do not get a CD allocated to them.
This means that there are more Australia Post postcodes than census Postal Areas.
Proficiency in spoken English
For people who were born outside of Australia, this variable shows their level of spoken English language. The categories are very well or well, not well or not at all, or not stated.
Profiler
Profiler allows users to understand the demographic and business composition of any area - and how it differs from a comparison area which is chosen by the user.
Either male or female.
State
A state is a geographic area. Australia is made up of states. Eighty-20 will ask you to select a state for analysis or display the data at a state level.
Note: Jervis Bay Territory and the external territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are grouped for statistical purposes into a ninth State/Territory category, 'Other Territories'.
Statistical Division (SD)
A Statistical Division (SD) is an Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) defined area. They consist of one or more Statistical Subdivisions (SSDs). They cover the whole of Australia without any gaps or overlays and they do not cross State or Territory boundaries.
Statistical Subdivision (SSD)
The Statistical Subdivision (SSD) is an Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) defined area. SSDs consist of one or more Statistical Local Areas (SLAs). They cover the whole of Australia without any gaps or overlays and they do not cross State or Territory boundaries.
Statistical Local Area (SLA)
Suburb
This is a census-specific area where Collection Districts(CD) are aggregated to approximate suburbs. It is applicable only to the larger urban centres e.g. Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide, Perth and major towns in Tasmania.
Targeter makes it easy to search for specific demographics (such as age or sex) within a defined area and to display the results at various geographic levels (eg:, postcode or census collector district).
Trends
Trends allows the user to 'trend' or graph the changes of a certain demographic in an area over the last four Census results.