Statistics: Tasmania
Current statistics online
Tasmanian statistical information is found at the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other agencies such as:
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Service Tasmania - This page from the Tasmanian government has a list of websites with official statistics relating to Tasmania
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Food and Agriculture - Facts and figures from the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
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Transport - The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources statistics on historical registrations, driver licences, and road safety
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Education - See Publications for more information.
Print resources in the National Library
- select the Browse alphabetically tab
- choose subjects from the drop-down list
- Type your keywords in the search bar
Example: Tasmania -- Statistics
- Tasmanian year book 1967 - 2000 - also available online
- Regional statistics, Tasmania - also available online to 2007
Case Study
Agricultural statistics
For background research into Tasmanian farming, I would like to know the farming areas of Tasmania, the farm types of those areas, the number of farm holdings by area and farm type, and the number of people working the total number of farms.
- Number of farms, farm population, employment, irrigation and machinery used, Tasmania, 1956-1971
- Number of rural establishments, irrigation and fertiliser usage, Tasmania, 1977/78-1978/79
These items are not useful for current statistics. We should be able to get more up to date data from the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also has agricultural data for Tasmania, with the latest publication completed in 2007.
Later statistics from the ABS is found in the National Regional Profiles. Agriculture is listed under Industry.
