The Measuring What Matters Framework is Australia’s first national wellbeing framework. This Framework reflects that wellbeing is multidimensional and covers many different areas of life.
The toolkit groups data using the 5 Measuring What Matters themes. These support a focus on community strengths and opportunities. The themes are:
View links to data based on the Measuring What Matters theme ‘healthy’. This includes data on First Nations health, health conditions and access to health services.
Data about the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies. It informs efforts to ensure mothers and babies stay healthy through pregnancy and beyond.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This data describes the impact of 219 diseases and injuries among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in terms of living with illness (non-fatal burden) and premature death (fatal burden).
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The data provides an evidence base for monitoring changes in eye health amongst First Nations people over time. This includes: their access and use of eye health services, and can be used for identifying gaps in service delivery. This report includes the latest available data against each measure where possible.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Through Medicare, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people can receive annual health checks from their doctor. They may also use follow up services from other health professionals, that are specifically for First Nations people. This data provides information on these health check-ups.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This data provides a profile of people undertaking sleep studies and treatments for sleep disorders with a focus on obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Sleep-related breathing disorders, in particular OSA, can have detrimental effects on sleep-quality and health
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation data sheets illuminate variation by using data to map the use of health care according to where people live. Each Atlas identifies specific achievable actions for exploration and quality improvement.
The data is provided by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
This table uses data from the Australian Immunisation Register. It provides COVID-19 vaccination rates of aged care residents by facility across Australia over the past 12 month.
The data is provided by the Department of Health and Aged Care.
This data provides information on the population-based screening process of testing for signs of cancer or pre-cancerous conditions in populations without obvious symptoms. Programs target specific populations and/or age groups where evidence shows screening to be most effective.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The data is available for: SA2, ILOC, LGA, PHN, SAL, UCL
The services map allows you to view the location of different types of health services and compare the availability of services to locations of Indigenous communities. The map is defined by AGIL areas and ASGS Indigenous Regions. The Indigenous population tick box allows you to see the proportion of the population who are First Nations. This map is based on services registered on Health Direct and may not include every service.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
A tool to find and understand costs for GP and medical specialist services across Australia. This information is a guide only and should not be used as a quote or medical diagnosis.
The data is provided by the Department of Health and Aged Care.
This report presents monthly usage of the services funded through the Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS). It also includes services funded through the MBS subsidy rate (that is, the proportion of the cost of these services funded through the MBS, as opposed to via patient contributions and other arrangements such as private health insurance).
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The National Health Services Directory (NHSD) is a comprehensive, national directory of health services and practitioners. It is funded by the governments of Australia and managed by Healthdirect Australia. National HealthDirect health facilities product contains three databases presenting the locations in point format of Hospitals, General Practitioners (GP) and Pharmacies.
The data is provided by the Healthdirect Australia.
This report provides counts and rates of 22 selected potentially preventable hospitalisations. Potentially preventable hospitalisations are those that could have been avoided if the person’s condition had been managed better and earlier.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The report presents the latest annual data update. It is developed using de-identified aggregate Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement (PIPQI) Eligible Data Set covering 10 measures. Clinical information systems data represents the recording status of clients’ lifestyle behaviours and areas of significant health burden.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This report provides counts and rates of presentations to hospital emergency departments (ED) for lower urgency care. Reasons people present to the ED rather than a General Practitioner are also explored.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This document has annual statistics about the GP attendances for non-referred patients bulk billing ranges by primary health networks, from 2009–10 to 2023-24.
The data is provided by the Department of Health and Aged Care.
This report consolidates recent information on the availability and consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Australia. It also includes the related impacts, harms and treatment.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The digital liveability planning platform transforms complex urban data into easily understood liveability maps across Australia’s 21 largest cities. The Observatory maps key liveability indicators found to be associated with health and wellbeing and provides a clear understanding of the liveability of cities.
The data is provided by the Australian Urban Observatory. You will have to request to use this resource. The Australian Urban Observatory offers free accounts or paid partnerships.
This annual report summarises the characteristics of clients receiving support from specialist homelessness services throughout 2022–23. It includes the:
services requested
outcomes achieved
unmet requests for services.
services requested
outcomes achieved
unmet requests for services.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This data estimates the total value, number and mean price of Australia's dwellings, as well as median prices and counts of residential property transfers.
The data is provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The ARDD provides basic details of road traffic crash fatalities in Australia as reported by the police each month to the State and Territory road safety authorities. The database provides details on fatalities and fatal crashes.
The data is provided by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. It is published by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics.
The Mobile Infrastructure Report 2024 provides analysis on the change in mobile network operators' (MNOs) mobile infrastructure from 2018 to 2024. The analysis is based on information collected from the 3 national mobile network operators:
Singtel Optus Pty Limited (Optus)
Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra)
TPG Telecom Limited (TPG).
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has also derived and published key statistics from the relevant data.
The data is available for: State, Remoteness Area
The latest data release is 2023.
Data about Sustainable
View links to data on the Measuring what Matters theme ‘Sustainability’. This includes data on environment, renewable energy and natural resources.
Climate Data Online (CDO) provides access to a range of statistics, recent weather observations and climate data from the Australian Data Archive for Meteorology (ADAM). ADAM is a database which holds weather observations dating back to the mid-1800s for some sites.
The data is provided by the Bureau of Meteorology.
The CAPAD provides a national perspective of the conservation of biodiversity in protected areas. This dashboard overlays CAPAD on the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA), showing how protected areas are distributed across biogeographic regions. Bringing together these datasets can help us understand levels of protection across bioregions.
The data is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
The data is available for: CCA Zone/Conservation Areas
This data provides locational and attribute information for places on the Commonwealth Heritage List. The list is determined by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Heritage Branch.
The data is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
The data is available for: Polygon - Commonwealth Heritage List
This data provides information on cyclone and cyclone-related flood damage to insured residential (Home), strata (Strata), and small business (SME) properties.
The data is provided by the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation.
A national risk index that pinpoints Australian communities most vulnerable to extreme heat. The National Heat-Health Risk Index helps identify how much more, or less likely people are of getting sick or even dying under different extreme heat scenarios, depending on where they are located. The index helps measure the impacts of climate change on communities and identify Australia's most at-risk regions.
The data is provided by the Australian Climate Service.
This dataset details the Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) across Australia through the implementation of the Indigenous Protected Areas Programme. These boundaries are not legally binding. An IPA is an area of Indigenous-owned land or sea where traditional Indigenous owners have entered into an agreement with the Australian Government to promote biodiversity and cultural resource conservation. These make up over half of Australia's National Reserve System.
The data is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
The data is available for: Polygon - Indigenous Protected Area
The National Waste Data Viewer visualises the data in the National Waste Database 2022 that accompanies the National Waste Report 2022. The viewer includes (point location) data collected on existing hazardous and non-hazardous waste management and resource recovery facilities in Australia. The data was collected during July 2020-February 2021 period.
The data is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
This interactive map shows the Local Government Areas that have implemented an organics kerbside collection service. This collection service helps divert organic materials from landfill and recover valuable nutrients and carbons from these resources. Kerbside collection services for food and / or garden organics vary between councils across Australia. Local governments provide garden organic (GO) or food organic and garden organic (FOGO) kerbside collection services.
The data is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
This tool helps people search for matters protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). It generates a list of protected matters that may occur in or near a selected area.
The data is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
National dataset of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands. Ramsar wetlands are those that are representative, rare or unique wetlands, or are important for conserving biological diversity.
The data is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
The data is available for: Polygon - Ramsar wetland
This data provides a simple overview of water flowing through the River Murray system. This includes water flow rates, release rates, storage and river heights across the River Murray system and its tributaries.
The data is provided by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
These small-scale renewable energy installation data files are published monthly. These data files provide a list of small generation units (small-scale solar panel, wind and hydro systems) and kilowatt (kW) capacity by installed postcode. It also includes solar water heaters and air source heat pumps by installed postcode.
The data is provided by the Clean Energy Regulator.
total large-scale generation certificates (LGC) in the REC Registry.
The number of LGCs held in the Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) Registry and the megawatt capacity of approved power stations help measure the level of supply in the market. LGCs held in the REC Registry move between accounts regularly, so registered holdings data should be considered as a guide only.
The data is provided by the Clean Energy Regulator.
This data is an evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government. It covers performance of 22 fisheries against the requirements of fisheries legislation and policy.
The data is provided by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (ABARES).
This data provides experimental statistics on canola for 2019-20. It highlights the use of alternative data sources and methods for producing agriculture statistics.
The data is provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The Murray Darling Basin (MDB) water market catchment dataset details both supply and demand factors across the MDB. It includes a water supply file and an irrigation activity file. To supplement the datasets, metadata that describes each variable, sources and other salient information is also provided.
The data is provided by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (ABARES).
This data provides experimental statistics on sugarcane for 2020. It highlights the use of alternative data sources and methods for producing agriculture statistics.
The data is provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
This interactive map shows information on disaster-affected Local Government Areas (LGAs). It includes:
general data
information on hazard impact footprint
information on relief and recovery support
information about recovery and resilience projects.
The data is provided by the National Emergency Management Agency.
The data is available for: LGA
The latest data release is 2024
Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements activation history
Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements are how the Australian Government provides funding to states and territories to help respond to a natural disaster. It provides urgent financial assistance to disaster affected communities.
The data is provided by the National Emergency Management Agency.
This data set provides a summary of payment data received through Services Australia payments, such as the Australian Government Disaster Payments & the Australia Government Disaster Recovery Payment. In also provides a summary of payments associated with the Disaster Recovery Allowance and Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
The data is provided by the National Emergency Management Agency.
The data is available for: LGA
The latest data release is 2024.
Data about Cohesive
View links to data based on the Measuring what Matters theme ‘Cohesive’. This includes data relating to people, culture, diversity and connections.
This resource examines the ongoing need for an index of socioeconomic outcomes specific to the First Nations population and the changes in relative their socioeconomic outcomes over time. It asks which sorts of places have become relatively more advantaged and which relatively less advantaged. It also investigates whether the census effectiveness as a measure of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health outcomes to include in the IRSEO index.
The data is provided by the Australian National University.
AustLang provides a thesaurus of languages and peoples and information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. This helps identify materials or projects in or about First Nations languages and peoples, without the confusion of a multitude of language names and spellings. AustLang is particularly useful for:
archives
libraries
galleries
other agencies.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
The data is available for: State + longitude/latitude
This data provides final 2021 Census-based estimated resident population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians for various geographies.
The data is provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The data is available for: SA2, Remoteness areas of Australia, Indigenous Regions (IREGs), LGA
This mapping tool is an interactive map that is designed to assist you to visualise, explore and interrogate data about First Nations peoples and organisations. It includes language centres and technological and cultural institutions.
The data is provided by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
The Regional overview dashboard allows you to search for a community (or other location) and view statistics about a region that community is in. You can use the dashboard to compare regions and select different topics, including size, population and income of First Nations households.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The data is available for: SA2, SA3, SA4, IARE, IREG
This resource provides a comprehensive overview of labour market data at national, state, and regional levels. Explore a range of key labour market datasets in one simple, user-friendly interface.
The data is provided by Jobs and Skills Australia.
Explore Data is an interactive tool. The data can be filtered or sorted by:
participant type
reporting period
location or support class and category.
The data is grouped into 3 sections: Participant Data, Market Data, and Provider Data. You can view the data online in your preferred format as a graph or table or download the customised dataset.
The data is provided by the National Disability Insurance Agency.
GEN is a comprehensive ‘one–stop shop’ for data and information about aged care services in Australia. It reports on capacity and activity in the aged care system. It focuses on the people, their care assessments and the services they use.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This data shows the number of voters on the certified list for the 2023 referendum. The certified list is the official electoral roll used to mark off the names of voters at polling places. The list contains the names and addresses and date of birth for all eligible voters in an electoral division.
The data is provided by the Australian Electoral Commission.
This report is regularly updated to show the number of Australians enrolled nationally, and by state/territory and division. Statistics on the AEC's direct enrolment and update process are available in enrolment activity by state/territory and enrolment type.
The data is provided by the Australian Electoral Commission.
The data is available for: Electoral division
The latest data release is 2024.
Data about Prosperous
View links to data based on the Measuring what Matters theme ‘Prosperous’. This includes data relating education, employment and building a strong economy.
The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is a nationwide data collection of early childhood development. The data is collected at the time children commence their first year of full-time school. The AEDC highlights what is working well and what needs to be improved or developed to support children and their families. It provides evidence to support health, education and community policy and planning.
The data is provided by the Department of Education.
This report provides a snapshot of Child Care Subsidy (CCS) approved care for the relevant quarters. The report covers the 4 approved care types that administer CCS and includes data on the:
number of children and families using approved early childhood education and care (ECEC)
number and types of approved ECEC services
cost of care
total government subsidies.
The data is provided by the Department of Education.
The ATWD provides nationally consistent data on teachers. It includes data for the:
number of teachers across Australia
number of graduates who get jobs
types of contracts
teacher career paths and experiences
number of teachers leaving and entering the profession.
These insights identify how to better support teachers and their wellbeing. It also ensures teachers in schools and early childhood settings can deliver quality learning to every child.
The data is provided by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited.
The data is available for: National (public) or unit record (application)
The higher education staff data includes information about staff employed in the provision of higher education at Table A and B universities. The timeseries summary is a collection of staff full-time equivalent numbers from 2014–2023. Each table represents a different breakdown including:
work contract
current duties term
function
classification
gender
First Nations identifying staff
staff to student ratios.
The data is provided by the Department of Education.
The higher education student data includes information about students studying at Australian Higher Education providers (both onshore and offshore). The summary data table contains enrolment and course unit data split by commencing and all student enrolments. This data is a collection of headcount and equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) of the most popular queries, including course level, citizenship, field of education and equity data.
The data is provided by the Department of Education.
This data is a statistical outline of the APS workforce employed under the Public Service Act 1999. It provides key workforce metrics as at 30 June 2024 along with trend data. It includes:
demographic variables
classification levels
diversity data
staff movements.
The data is provided by the Australian Public Service Commission.
The Regional Labour Market Indicator (RLMI) combines key measures of labour market capacity, from both an employee and an employer perspective, into a single measure of regional labour market performance.
The map groups regions into categories of overall labour market performance, ranging from ‘poor’ to ‘strong’ (relative to the national average). It provides a reliable view of regional labour market performance.
The data is provided by Jobs and Skills Australia.
Employment regions are used by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for the management of employment services programs. There are 51 employment regions covering populated regions. Note - they do not provide coverage of the whole of Australia, with most remote areas located outside of the employment region structure.
The data is provided by Jobs and Skills Australia.
The data is available for: Employment regions (SA4, SA2)
NERO provides estimates of employment in 355 occupations across 88 regions in Australia. NERO has been developed using an emerging methodology called nowcasting. It estimates trends within a short timeframe after the data is available, more frequently and with increased detail. These insights are produced each month.
NERO can be searched either by occupation or by region and the data can be downloaded in a variety of ways.
The data is provided by Jobs and Skills Australia.
Gross Regional Product (GRP) is an estimate of each region’s unique contribution to the national economy. While Australian regional economies are interlinked, GRP can be used as an indicator of local economic activity. Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research (BCARR) has produced experimental estimates of GRP for 2015-16 and 2020-21. These estimates are indicative of the economic activity in a region and should be used with caution.
The data is provided by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
This mobility data model measures domestic visitor movement at the national and regional level. The dashboard compares the same month from the previous year and displays the percentage change between these 2 time periods. Analysis presented in this way is a useful guide to the overall state of the visitor economy in each regional area. It also confirms developing trends or changing patterns.
The data is provided by Australian Trade and Investment Commission.
These profiles report on the number of DVA pensioners and treatment card holders in each of the Federal electorates by State and Territory. Each electorate profile is on a separate page.
As of March 2014, changes have been made as to how clients are counted in this publication. Because of these changes, figures for MRCA and DRCA are not comparable with earlier reports.
The data is provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
This monthly report covers the Income Support payments of JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance (other). It also includes data on Youth Allowance (student and apprentice), Sickness Allowance and Bereavement Allowance. The report includes payment recipient numbers by demographics such as:
age
gender
earnings.
The data is provided by the Department of Social Services.
This data set is made up of selected Department of Social Services payment data. It outlines the number of payment recipients by payment type and geography. Payment types include:
age pension assets data
JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance (other) Principal Carers
disability support pension
Commonwealth Rental Assistance.
The data is provided by the Department of Social Services.
Client data is drawn from a number of sources, mainly Services Australia Registration data and the Job Seeker Snapshot (JSS) response relating to their most recent registration with Employment Services. Age and registration period are updated automatically, while other details may be updated when an individual’s circumstances change. However, some information for some individuals may no longer be current, especially if they have not updated their JSS recently.
The data is provided by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
This data provides information on the Workforce Australia Services Employment Fund. The fund is a flexible pool of funds used by providers to purchase goods and services that help people get and keep a job.
The data is provided by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
This data provides information on wage subsidies are for new and ongoing employment positions. They can be for a full-time, part-time, casual, a traineeship or apprenticeship position that is expected to last longer than 6 months.
The data is provided by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
