How to cite ABS sources

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Reference period: Month YYYY) Title of webpage [URL], ABS Website, accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (June 2020) Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, ABS Website, accessed 11 December 2020.

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Reference period: Month YYYY) 'Title of spreadsheet' [time series spreadsheet],Title of Issue [URL], accessed DD month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (June 2020) 'Table 1. Key national accounts aggregates' [time series spreadsheet], Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, accessed 11 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Reference period: Month YYYY) 'Title of data cube' [data set], Title of issue [URL], accessed DD month YYYY. 

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (May 2020) 'Table 15: Average weekly cash earnings, Australia by sector (dollars) - original' [data set], Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, accessed 11 December 2020.

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of Publication) 'Title of Census material', Title of Census Publication [URL], accessed DD month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2016) 'People in Australia who were born in Italy', 2016 Census QuickStats Country of Birth, accessed 11 December 2020.

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of publication) 'Title of map [URL]' [type of map], Title of Publication, accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2018) 'Populations of interest: persons with disability' [interactive map], Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of findings, accessed 11 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of publication) 'Title of table' [description of material if not included in title], Title of publication [URL], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2020) 'Table 1 - Percentage change by states and territories', Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, accessed 11 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of publication) 'Title of graph' [description of material if not already included in title] Title of publication, accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2020) 'Graph 1. Payroll jobs and total wages, indexed to week ending 14 March 2020', Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, accessed 11 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of publication) 'Title of image'[description of material if not included in the title], Title of publication [URL], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2020) 'Businesses that had not sought additional funds, by reasons for not seeking funds' [infographic image], Business Indicators, Business Impacts of COVID-19, accessed 11 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@username] (DD Month YYYY of post) Title or description of post [URL] [type of post], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@ABSStats] (13 December 2020) STP reported jobs recovery in Hospitality: Victoria vs Rest of Australia [Facebook post], accessed 15 December 2020.

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@username] (DD Month YYYY of post) Title or description of post [URL] [type of post], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@ABSStats] (20 February 2020) Average weekly earnings around Australia [Instagram post], accessed 15 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@username] (DD Month YYYY of post) Title or description of post [URL] [type of post], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@ABSStats] (19 February 2020) Wages rose 0.5% in the December quarter 2019 [Tweet], accessed 15 December 2020.

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (DD Month YYYY of post) Title of video [URL], name of channel, name of platform, accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (23 October 2019) The Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2018, ABSstatistics, YouTube, accessed 15 December 2020.

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@username] (Year) Title or description of post [URL] [type of post], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics [@ABSStats] (2020) Vic holds Aus Open, as well as the most tennis coaches [Instagram post], accessed 15 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of publication) Title of microdata [URL] [microdata type], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2020) Microdata: Personal Income of Migrants, Australia [DataLab], accessed 15 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of publication) Title of TableBuilder product [URL] [type of TableBuilder], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) Unpaid Child Care (CHCAREP) by State/Territory (STE) and Sex Male/Female (SEXP) [Census TableBuilder], accessed 15 December 2020. 

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Latest reference period) Title of Data Explorer table [URL] [Data Explorer], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021-Q3) Consumer Price Index (CPI) 17th Series [Data Explorer], accessed 21 November 2021.

Format: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Year of publication) 'Title of ABS Data API table' Data by Theme [URL], accessed DD Month YYYY.

Example: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2022) 'Consumer Price Index (CPI) 17th series: All groups CPI, Weighted average of eight capital cities, Economy, Price Indexes and Inflation, accessed 6 April 2022.

Format: (Source [followed by] year of publication)

Example: (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2020)

Format: (Abbreviated Source [followed by] year of publication)

Example: (ABS 2020)