2016 data provides a demographic profile of older Australians aggregated from the national census. It contains information aggregated for people aged 60 years and over, as well as for the remaining population under 60. The data is derived from the ABS Census TableBuilder and published by the City of Melbourne under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Compare demographic characteristics between older and younger populations based on aggregated census data.
- Analyze the distribution and profile of the older population (60+) for social policy planning.
- Study age-related demographic trends in Australia using nationally representative census data.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 Census.
- Explicitly aggregates data for the key demographic group of people aged 60 and over.
- Available in multiple open formats (JSON, CSV) under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the 2016 census snapshot.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016 Census of Population and Housing.
- Collection Method
- Derived from the ABS Census TableBuilder online data tool.
- Time Range
- 2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-28 07:57:32.847548; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia