README.md

Australian Census Data 2016

This package contains census related data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is split into several different packs each containing slightly different information.

The data currently included in the package covers: * General Community Profile (GCP): This contains the Census characteristics on persons, families and dwellings. The data is based on place of usual residence.

In 2016 the Australian census was conducted online. A sample version of the questionnaire can be found here.

Installation

Due to the size of the data this package is only available on GitHub.

# Install from github
devtools::install_github("danwwilson/censaus")

Datasets

The package currently includes the following datasets with the intention of increasing the coverage over time.

G01 - Selected Person Characteristics by Sex

The following datasets are recorded at the Statistical Level Area 1 (SLA1 - SA1_7DIGITCODE_2016). They all contain gender and counts of the population.

G02 - Selected Medians and Averages

The following datasets are recorded at the SLA1 level of detail. The original census data looks at mortgage repayments at a monthly level. This has been adjusted to reflect a weekly amount in line with the associated median income amounts.

G05 - Registered Marital Status by Age by Sex

G06 - Social Marital Status by Age by Sex

G32 - Dwelling Structure

More information about Australian statistical geographies can be found here

Attribution

This package is based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data. You can download your own versions of the raw data from the 2016 census data packs.



danwwilson/censaus documentation built on May 29, 2019, 12:01 p.m.