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Outline

• Who we are and what we do

• ABS across the curriculum

• What Education Services Offers

• Keeping informed

• How to search– Census data, National Regional Profiles,

CPI, Key National Indicators, Other ways to search

Who are We?ABS Education Services

Encourage greater use of ABS data in schools;

Assist teachers and students use ABS data appropriately;

Improve statistical literacy of students; Promote the study of statistics and

statistics as a career.

What does ABS Do?• Economic and business data

– National accounts (CPI, PPI, LPI)– Labour market– Household income– Export/import data– Profitability

• Social and demographic data– Census (every 5 years)– Demographic data (estimated

population)– Crime and justice statistics– Education statistics– and much, much more

But there’s more …

• Education Services offer– School specific resources – Classroom activities by state– Real datasets (economic and social)– Senior Curriculum Resources– Measuring Australia’s Economy (cat no 1390.0)– Newsletters (cat. no. 1330.0)– National CensusAtSchool Project

ABS Statistics Across the curriculum

• SOSE / Humanities

• Economics / Commerce

• History

• Business studies

• Science

• Maths

Keeping Informed

• Subscribe to Education News (cat. no. 1330.0)

• RSS feeds

• email notification

• Subscribe to other newsletters

Contact Education Services

Phone: 1800 623 273

Email: education@abs.gov.au

Visit: www.abs.gov.au/teachers

Population Clock

We’ll go to Census

View suite of Census online products

Opening Census page with links to QuickStats, MapStats, Census Tables, Community Profiles & CDATA

You can search using any of the above tabs.

We have typed ‘Fairfield’ and a list of all places that include ‘Fairfield has come up

Same search method for QuickStats, MapStats, etc

Once a selection has been made,

a map appears to check it is the wanted area

QuickStats:The major characteristics for that area are displayed;

About persons, families and dwellings

Comparisons are made with Australia as a whole

Choose MapStats

Choose MapStats

Search MapStats the same way as QuickStats

Choose topic and sub topic, then press sub-location (i.e. how the map will be divided)

Choose Community Profiles

Search Community profiles the same

There are 6 Community profiles:Basic; Indigenous; Time Series; Place of Enumeration; Extended; and Working population; Whether a particular profile is available depends on the area

There are 6 Community profiles:Basic; Indigenous; Time Series; Place of Enumeration; Extended; and Working population; Whether a particular profile is available depends on the area

The Excel spreadsheet opens on a list of all tables;

The tabs down the bottom are the links to further topics, concepts and each table

Basic Community Profiles Tutorials

Go to ABS homepage

Choose ‘Services’ from top menu bar

Choose ‘ABS Online Training’

Click on ‘Online Learning’

Click on ‘Services’

Link to Social AtlasesLink to Social Atlases

Link to Social Atlases

Link to electronic versionorCan be purchased for $20.30 (30% discount for schools)

Colour coded maps of various data with brief explanation

National Regional Profiles

• Recently updated

• Choose by name

• Compare areas

• How to video on line

National Regional Profiles- recently updated

National Regional Profiles

Similar interface to Census pages; less geographies available

Click on the ‘twistie’ to open the State, then choose the area you want

Summary Page Divided into major headings;Choose Population

For Excel version choose the Downloads tab;

Also see the Explanatory notes tab for further information

Summary statistics on opening page

Directly compare regions on a variety of measures.You need to download SuperTable; free from website; but take care; download and read the manual

Information from the individual Regional Profiles

The data in the State based data cubes is additional. Includes crime statistics,

The type of information available comparing areas

On line video tutorial on National Regional Profiles

Key National Indicators

• Contains a summary of Australia’s economic and social indicators

• Good starting point for quick access to vital economic and social statistics

• Provides links to key economic publications

Key National Indicators;

summary tables and graphs; good starting

point

Opens on Summary tab; Tables with main numbers; switch to Graphs for same info in graphical form

Link to the publication source of this summary data

Summary in graphical form

Glossary of Terms from Explanatory Notes tab.

Scroll down and choose one of the pubs; Can also do this from the previous summary page.

The publication will open on the summary page; for greater detail go to Download tab; go to Explanatory Notes for Glossary

CPI

• Consumer Price Index

• One of Australia’s main economic indicators

CPI (Consumer Price Index)

Opens on Summary page: key figures; all groups; Other options (from left bar) capital city comparisons; main contributors; etc

For greater detail go to the ‘Downloads’ tab

Check you have the latest data from the ‘Past and Future’ Releases tab

For more detailed information go to pdf and Excel files via Downloads tab

Under the Explanatory Notes tab there is information about CPI, weighting, etc

Other ways to search

• Google search

• All statistics

• Spotlight on ..

Type in what you are looking for and Google will search ABS pages

ABS Pubs are organised into groups (see Web Guide)Can search via Statistics

Spotlight on latest statistics, often in the media