Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Agency overview
Formed8 December 1905; 118 years ago (1905-12-08)
Preceding agency
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics
JurisdictionAustralian Government
HeadquartersCanberra, Australian Capital Territory
Employees3779 (at 30 June 2021)[1][failed verification]
Annual budgetAUS$ $172.7 million (over four years from 2023–24)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • David Gruen, Australian Statistician[4]
  • Brenton Goldsworthy, Deputy Australian Statistician, Insights and Statistics Group
  • Teresa Dickinson, Deputy Australian Statistician, Data and Statistical Practices Group
  • Jenet Connell, Deputy Australian Statistician, Enterprise Services Group and Acting Chief Operating Officer
Parent departmentTreasury
Websiteabs.gov.au

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is an Australian Government agency that collects and analyses statistics on economic, population, environmental, and social issues to advise the Australian Government.[5]

The bureau's function originated in the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, established in 1905, four years after Federation of Australia; it took on its present name in 1975.[6][7] The ABS conducts Australia's Census of Population and Housing every five years and publishes its findings online.

  1. ^ "Australian Bureau of Statistics – Annual Report 2020–21". transparency.gov.au. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2023). "Budget funding supports new data and security uplift". Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Administrative Arrangements Order". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Dr David Gruen, Australian Statistician". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ "ABS Institutional Environment". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Building a national statistical agency: From the Commonwealth. Bureau of Census and Statistics to the Australian Bureau of Statistics" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2023.