Statistical tools to assist in fundraising submissions

Below are a number of links to websites and other web-based tools and resources which provide statistics your organisation can use when preparing applications for funding to governments and other grantmakers.

The links are sorted on a state-by-state basis, while those links listed under the Australia-wide heading are for statistical sets and resources which cover all areas across the country - this makes them suitable for groups right across Australia to use as both a reference point for their own area as well as a comparitive reference if looking at other parts of the country.

This list will continue to grow in the future as more reference points and statistical tools are added.

Australia-wide

• Mapping Australia's Population - Mapping Australia's Population (MAP) is an initiative from Monash University, with the support of the Scanlon Foundation. It aims to provide to provide "independent, authoritative, evidence-based analysis of data on population and immigration in Australia, to inform media, public and policy debates". The statistics it contains are also valuable reference points for grantseekers needing data and statistics.

• The National Statistical Service with statistics from a number of Federal Government agencies.

• The home page for the ABS' 2006 Census

• The ABS' report: Not-for-profit Organisations, Australia, 2006-07

• Comprehensive list of websites for National and Victorian social statistics

• Country Matters - the social atlas of rural and regional Australia

• National Regional Profile - The National Regional Profile (NRP) presents, for all Australia, a range of data for various types of small regions. Data are available for Local Government Areas, Statistical Local Areas and other larger geographies. It is specifically designed for use to compare regions across Australia.

• Selected profiles for 50 local government areas - Available via the Informed Decisions website, these statistics cover 50 local government areas from across Australia and contain a variety of data on each.

• ABS Family Characteristics and Transistions (2006-07)

• Department of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC) Settlement Database providing migrant and refugee information for all areas of Australia
  • Background on the tool is available Here

• The Primary Health Care Research & Information Service (PHCRIS) with links to information, statistics and reports from Australia's 100+ Divisions of General Practice

• Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission statistics on Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander People in Australia (2006).

• Australian Institute of Criminology crime data and statistics year-by-year.

• A Picture of the Nation - a snapshot of Australian societal statistics.

• The Compendium of Social Inclusion Indicators

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian Capital Territory at a Glance - various statistics for the ACT covering a variety of areas.

• Canberra ... A Social Atlas - uses a series of maps of areas in the ACT to display statistics covering a variety of areas including population, ethnicity, education, families, income, labour force and dwellings.

New South Wales

• Summary social statistics for municipalities - all

• Summary social statistics for municipalities - Indigenous

• SEIFA - Social Economic Indicators for Areas

• NSW Government Community Relations Commission Local Government Area statistics sourced from the ABS Census

Northern Territory

• Northern Territory at a Glance - ABS statistics for the Territory and its regions (2007).

• Regional Statistics, Northern Territory, 2008 Reissue - updated NT stats as of October 2008.

• Social Atlas: Darwin & Palmerston - which covers the Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs and Litchfield Shire areas and provides information on population, cultural diversity, education, labour force, income, family and households, and dwellings.

• NT criminal and crime data.

• Tourism statistics for the Northern Territory.

Queensland

• Social Atlas: Brisbane - A variety of statistics and demographic data covering the Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast areas.

• Queensland Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR) OESR is the Queensland Government's statistical and economic agency, providing a variety of Queensland-specific statistics.

South Australia

• South Australian Office of Crime Statistics and Research - Conducts statistical monitoring, research and evaluation, providing up-to-date and comprehensive statistical information on crime and criminal justice in South Australia.

• South Australia at a Glance - Australian Bureau of Statistics data on South Australia (2008).

• Social Atlas: Adelaide - ABS statistics for the Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Whyalla areas, and covering a wide range of information.

• - Selected South Australian statistics via the ABS - especially useful are the social statistics.

Tasmania

• Regional social statistics for Tasmania's three regions (2006)

• Tasmania at a Glance - Provides condensed information on Tasmania's physical geography, population, social and vital statistics, labour force, wages, price indexes, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, building, trade, transport, finance and tourism (2007).

• Social Atlas: Hobart - Which encompasses statistics in the Hobart, Launceston and Burnie-Devonport areas.

• Tasmanian Key Indicators - Constantly updated ABS statistics on Tasmania (2008).

Victoria

• ABS State and Regional Indicators for Victoria - June 2008

• The Index of Victorian Women's Health and Wellbeing Data - an online gateway to evidence-based health and wellbeing data on Victorian women and girls across a wide variety of indicators relevant to a social model of health.

• Community Indicators Victoria - a constantly updated and vey comprehensive site containing a wide variety of social statistics encompassing Victoria. This section contains more information derived from the 2008 Victorian Population Health Survey.

• The Victorian Local Government Association's comprehensive social statistics reference point

• Comprehensive list of websites for Victorian and National social statistics

• Melbourne Access Point - social, health and population data from nine municipalities in Melbourne's southern suburbs

• Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development analysis of Census 2006

• Department of Human Services Burden of Disease Estimates

• VicRoads car crash and road safety statistics

• Victorian Office for Children's child protection statistics

• "Know Your Area" - with housing, population, land and employment statistics

• Victorian Transport Portal - a one-stop shop for data from Victoria's Department of Transport

Western Australia

• Social Atlas: Perth - Covering the Perth, Bunbury and Kalgoorlie areas and providing statistics on population, cultural diversity, education, labour force, income, family and households, and dwellings.

• Both the WA Police website and the University of WA Crime Research Centre list crime figures and statistics for the state.