Climate
| |
Climate - overview
|
Other weather conditions
|
Temperature
|
Rainfall
|
Snow
|
Thunderstorms and hail
|
Floods
|
Humidity
|
Droughts
|
Evaporation
|
Hobart's climate
| |
Temperature
|
Sunshine and cloud
|
Rainfall
|
Other weather conditions
|
Further information about Tasmania's climate
|
Feature Articles - Climate
|
Community Services
| |
Potential need for community services
|
Overview of community services activity
|
Aged care
|
Feature Articles - Community Services
|
Children and families
| |
State government services
|
Child care
|
Disability services
|
Mental health services
|
Oral health services
|
Palliative care services
|
Volunteers
|
Income support
|
Housing assistance
|
Non-government agencies
|
Community Partners
|
Further information about community services in Tasmania
|
Crime and Justice
| |
Crime and Justice - overview
|
Defining crime and justice
|
Crime and safety
| |
Crimes affecting households and persons
|
Victimisation prevalence rates by State/Territory
|
Reporting to police
|
Victims of crime
| |
Support for victims of crime
|
Compensation for victims of crime
|
Victims assistance unit and the victims of crime register
|
Tasmania Police
| |
Crimes recorded by police
|
Recorded and cleared crime
|
Weapon use
|
Drug offences
| |
Drug offences by State/Territory
|
Outcomes of police investigations
| |
Investigations finalised within 30 days by State/Territory
|
Courts
| |
Tasmanian Supreme Court
|
Magistrates Court
| |
Court of Petty Sessions
|
Civil Division
|
Small Claims
|
Youth Justice Courts
|
Coroner's Courts
|
Corrective services in Tasmania
| |
Youth Justice services
|
Parole Board
|
Community-based corrections
|
Prisoners in Tasmania
| |
Most serious offence
| |
Sentenced prisoners by offence category by sex
|
Indigenous prisoners
| |
State comparison
|
Imprisonment rates
|
Expenditure on public order and safety
|
Further information about crime and justice in Tasmania
|
Feature Articles - Crime and Justice
|
Culture and the Arts
| |
Culture and the Arts - overview
|
Cultural and natural heritage
| |
Register of the National Estate
|
Indigenous heritage
|
Historic cultural heritage
|
Natural heritage
|
Forests
|
Ethnic and cultural identity
|
Attendance at cultural activities
|
Museums and art galleries
| |
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
| |
Highlights 2003-04
| |
Public program highlights
|
Collection highlights
|
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
| |
Exhibitions
| |
Permanent exhibitions at Royal Park
|
Permanent exhibitions at Inveresk
|
Libraries
| |
State Library of Tasmania
| |
History
|
Services and resources
|
Providing online services
|
Tasmanian Parliamentary Library
|
Archives Office of Tasmania
|
Music
| |
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
|
Performing arts
|
Arts Tasmania
| |
Arts grants and loan programs
|
Film, television and multimedia
|
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
|
Selected major annual events
|
Further information about Tasmania's culture and the arts
|
Feature Articles - Culture and the Arts
|
Education and Training
| |
Education and Training - overview
|
Participation in education and training
|
Learning Together
|
Government assistance
| |
State Government
|
Commonwealth Government
|
Structure of schools in Tasmania
| |
Government and other schooling
|
Primary and secondary education
|
Kindergarten education
|
Primary school education
| |
Number of schools
|
Student and staff numbers
|
Student-staff ratio
|
Secondary school education
| |
Syllabuses
|
Student and staff numbers
|
Student-staff ratio
|
Apparent retention rates in secondary schools
|
Managing and Retaining Secondary Students at School (MARSSS)
|
Indigenous school students
|
Alternative schooling arrangements
| |
Education for children with disabilities
|
Home education
|
Distance education
|
Tertiary education
| |
University of Tasmania
| |
Organisation
|
Teaching and research
|
Funding
|
Student profile
|
Staff profile
|
Australian Maritime College (AMC)
|
University of the Third Age
|
Vocational education
| |
Vocational enrolments
|
Vocational enrolments by age and sex
|
TAFE
|
Adult education
|
Employment, education and training
| |
Commonwealth Government labour market assistance
|
Apprentices and trainees
| |
Occupation and region
|
Age and sex
|
Further information about education and training in Tasmania
|
Feature Articles - Education and Training
|
Environment
| |
Environment - overview
|
Environmental attitudes and behaviour
| |
Persons concerned about environmental problems
|
Major environmental concerns
|
Membership of environmental groups
|
Household use of environmentally friendly products
|
Environmental complaints
| |
Domestic pollution incidents
|
Industrial pollution incidents
|
Local government environmental expenditure
| |
Environmental protection
|
Natural resource management
|
Waste and recycling
| |
Waste disposal
|
Recycling
|
Atmosphere
| |
Air pollution
|
Greenhouse gas emissions
|
Climate change, Hobart and Launceston
|
Water
| |
Water quality
|
Estuaries
|
Marine protected areas
|
Land
| |
National Parks
|
World Heritage listings
|
Forests
|
Biodiversity
|
Fauna
|
Flora
|
Fungi
|
Natural heritage
|
Further information about Tasmania's environment
|
Feature Articles - Environment
|
Finance and investment
| |
Finance
| |
Personal finance
|
Commercial finance
|
Lease finance
|
Number of housing finance commitments
|
Value of housing finance commitments
|
Average loan size for housing finance commitments
|
Financial systems
| |
Banks
|
Credit unions
|
Investment
| |
Private gross fixed capital formation
|
Public gross fixed capital formation
|
Further information about finance and investment in Tasmania
|
Feature Articles - Finance and investment
|
Fishing
| |
Fishing - overview
|
Value of the fishing industry
|
Legislative framework
| |
Wild fisheries management plans
|
Marine farming management plans
|
Seafood exports
| |
Destination of seafood exports
|
Seafood prices and markets
|
Employment
|
Wild fisheries
| |
Abalone
| |
Management of the abalone fishery
|
Markets
|
Rock lobster
| |
Fishing fleet
|
Management of the rock lobster fishery
|
Markets
|
Giant crab
|
Wild finfish
| |
Management of wild finfish fishery
|
Squid and octopus
|
Scallops
| |
Management of the scallop fishery
|
Eels
|
Commercial fishing licences
|
Aquaculture
| |
Marine farming
| |
Economic impact
|
Freshwater farming
| |
Private fisheries
|
Main species farmed
| |
Atlantic salmon
|
Pacific oysters
|
Blue mussels
|
Abalone
|
Seahorses
|
Emerging aquaculture possibilities
| |
Scallops
|
Greenback flounder
|
Rock lobster
|
Striped trumpeter
|
Seafood processing
| |
Abalone
|
Rock lobster
|
Recreational fishing
| |
The fishers
|
Recreational fishing licences
|
Catch
| |
Rock lobster
|
Abalone
|
Scalefish
|
Shark
|
Game fishing
|
Economic impact
|
Management
|
Research and development
|
Further information about Tasmanian fisheries
|
Feature Articles - Fishing
|
Forestry
| |
Forestry - overview
|
Forestry initiatives
| |
Forest Practices Act 1985
|
Forest and Forest Industry Strategy
|
Regional Forest Agreement, 1997
|
Forestry Growth Plan
|
Management of forests
| |
Fire management
|
Reforestation
| |
Native forest regeneration
|
Propogation
|
Forest research and development
|
Multiple-use forests
|
Forested land
|
Publicly owned forests
|
Private forestry
| |
Farm forestry
|
Private Forests Tasmania
|
Forestry production
| |
Commercial forest
|
Timber production
|
Wood products
|
Woodchipping
|
Wood and paper products industry
|
Further information about Tasmanian forestry
|
Feature Articles - Forestry
|
Government
| |
Government - overview
|
Commonwealth Government
| |
The Governor-General
|
The Senate
|
The House of Representatives
|
Tasmanian Government
| |
The Governor
|
The Cabinet and Executive Government
|
The House of Assembly
|
The Legislative Council
|
Local government
|
Further information about Tasmania's government
|
Government
|
Feature Article - Government
|
Government finance
| |
Government finance - overview
| |
Data classification
|
Sector classification
|
Consolidation
|
Data sources
|
State Government finance
| |
General Government
| |
Taxes
|
Operating statement
|
Expenses by purpose
|
Balance sheet
|
Public non-financial corporations
| |
Operating statement
|
Balance sheet
|
Total public sector
| |
Operating statement
|
Balance sheet
|
Cash flow statement
|
State and local government taxation
|
Public financial corporations
| |
Operating statement
|
Balance sheet
|
Local government finance
| |
Total public sector
| |
Operating statement
|
Expenses by purpose
|
Balance sheet
|
Cash flow statement
|
State and local government taxation
|
Further information about government finance in Tasmania
|
Feature Article - Government finance
|
Health
| |
Health - overview
|
Life expectancy
|
Health status
| |
Self assessed health status
| |
Illness
|
Tasmanian perceptions
|
Indigenous people's health
|
Health-related actions
|
Nutrition
| |
Dietary guidelines
|
Foods consumed
| |
Dietary behaviour
|
Mean daily food intake
|
Fats and oils
|
Fish and seafood products
|
Health conditions
| |
Selected diseases
| |
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
|
Diabetes
|
Mental health
|
Screening programs
| |
Cervical cancer
|
Breast cancer
|
Health risk factors
| |
Smoking
| |
Legislation
|
Alcohol
| |
Alcohol consumption
|
Alcohol risk status
|
Body Mass Index
|
Exercise Level
|
Low/no usual intake of fruit
|
Injuries
|
Deaths
| |
Deaths in 2003
|
Death rates
|
Trends in infant mortality
|
Infant deaths
|
Causes of death
|
Immunisation
|
Notifiable diseases
|
Health services and research
| |
Hospitals
| |
Hospital services
|
Mental health
|
Ambulance services
|
Menzies Centre for Population Health Research
|
Further information about Tasmanian's health
|
Feature Articles - Health
|
Historical tables
| |
Agriculture - Land utilisation on rural establishments, Tasmania, 1860-61 to 1999-2000
|
Agriculture - Livestock slaughtered for human consumption, Tasmania, 1929-30 to 2000-01
|
Agriculture - Production of red meat, Tasmania, 1929-30 to 2000-01
|
Agriculture - Production of wool and lambing, 1860 to 1999-2000
|
Agriculture - Weighted average prices paid to farmers per unit of selected farm products, Tasmania, 1929-30 to 1999-2000
|
Agriculture - Value of agricultural commodities produced, Tasmania, 1970-71 to 2000-01
|
Education and Training - Education, primary and secondary, Tasmania, 1900 to 2001
|
Housing - Value of building, 1946-47 to 2002-03
|
Manufacturing - Manufacturing, Tasmania, 1968-69 to 1999-2000
|
Population - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, Tasmania, 1830 to 2000
|
Housing - Value of building, 1946-47 to 2002-03
|
Population - Population, Tasmania, 1820 to 2001
|
Transport - Sales of new motor vehicles, Tasmania, 1994-95 to 2002-03
|
Population - Summary of population at selected Census dates, Tasmania, 1933 to 1996
|
Prices - Average retail prices of foodstuffs, Hobart 1901 to 2002
|
Prices - Consumer Price Index numbers, Hobart, 1972-73 to 2002-03
|
Trade - Value of trade by sea and air and vessels entered and cleared, Tasmania, 1830 to 2000-01
|
Transport - Motor vehicle registrations, Tasmania, 1924-25 to 2000-01
|
History
| |
Aboriginal occupation
|
1803-1850s, British outpost
|
1860s-1900, Spirit of optimism
|
1901-1940s, A federated State
|
1950s-1980s, Post-war Tasmania
|
1990s, Recent times
|
2000s, This century
| |
2000
|
2001
|
2002 January-July
|
Feature Articles - History
|
Further information about Tasmanian history
|
Housing and Construction
| |
Housing and Construction - overview
|
Housing characteristics
| |
Number of Bedrooms
|
Occupied Private Dwellings
|
Number of dwelling units approved
|
Number of non-residential building approvals
|
Value of building approved
|
Value of non-residential building approved
|
Property sales
| |
Residential
|
Non-residential
|
Housing assistance
| |
Public rental housing
|
Aboriginal Rental Housing Program
|
Community Housing Program
|
Home Ownership Assistance Program
|
Private rental assistance
|
Construction
| |
Employment in the construction industry
|
Value of construction work done
|
Value of building construction work done
| |
Residential
|
Non-residential
|
Value of engineering construction work done
|
Capital expenditure
| |
By type of asset
|
By industry
|
Further information about Tasmania's housing and construction industry
|
Feature Articles - Housing and Construction
|
Income
| |
Income - overview
|
Income support
| |
Payments for the aged, Department of Veterans' Affairs payments, Service pensions
|
Payments for the aged, Department of Family and Community Services
|
Payments for those with a disability or those who are sick, Department of Family and Community Services
|
Payments for those with a disability or those who are sick, Department of Veterans' Affairs
|
Payments for students and the unemployed
|
Payments and assistance for families with children
|
Other selected payments
|
Household income
| |
Sources of income
|
Income unit type
|
Superannuation
|
Income distribution
|
Earnings
|
Wage and salary earners
|
Personal income taxation
|
Household expenditure
| |
Hobart households
|
Financial stress
| |
Financial stress indicators
|
Level of financial stress
|
Bankruptcy
| |
Number
|
Causes
|
Further information about Tasmanian income
|
Industry overview
| |
Contribution of industries to the economy
|
Employment by industry
|
Number of businesses by employer size
|
Economic growth, Gross State Product (GSP)
|
Small Business
|
Industrial disputes
|
Further information about industry in Tasmania
|
Feature Article - Industry overview
|
Information technology and Communications
| |
Information technology and Communications - overview
|
Telecommunications
| |
Regulation and telecommunication businesses
|
State information technology and telecommunications initiatives
|
Household technologies
|
Household use of information technology
|
Business use of information technology
|
Farm use of information technology
| |
Comparisons over time
|
Farm size
|
Broad farm industry comparison
|
Adults accessing the Internet
|
Adults using the Internet for electronic transactions
|
Adults accessing government services via the Internet
|
Adults using computers
|
Radio and television services
| |
Free-to-air services
| |
National broadcasting services
|
Community broadcasting services
|
Commercial broadcasting services
|
Open narrowcasting services
|
Subscription narrowcasting services
|
Newspapers
|
Postal communications - Australian Postal Corporation
|
Research and development in information technology
| |
Launceston Broadband Project
|
Further information about Tasmania's information technology and communications
|
Feature Articles - Information technology and Communications
|
Labour
| |
Labour - overview
|
Labour force
|
Persons employed
| |
Number
|
Underemployed workers
|
Employment by occupation
|
Employment by industry
|
Persons unemployed
| |
Number
|
Rate
|
Duration of unemployment
|
Persons not in the labour force
|
Teenage labour force
|
Labour mobility
|
Hours, earnings and benefits
| |
Hours worked
|
Gross earnings
|
Average weekly earnings
|
Labour costs
|
Changes in real wages
|
Further information about Tasmania's labour force
|
Manufacturing and Energy
| |
Manufacturing - overview
|
Contribution of manufacturing to the Tasmanian economy
| |
Industry value added
|
Industry value added per person employed
|
Mineral processing
|
Employment in manufacturing
|
Wages and salaries in manufacturing
|
Manufacturing sales and service income
|
Manufacturing sales and service income per person employed
|
Energy
| |
Structure of Tasmania's electricity suppliers
|
Hydro Tasmania
|
Aurora Energy customers
|
Aurora Energy sales
|
Developments in the energy market in Tasmania
| |
Basslink project
|
Tasmanian Natural Gas Project
|
Wind farm development
|
Further information about Tasmanian manufacturing and energy
|
Feature Articles - Manufacturing and Energy
|
Mining
| |
Mining - overview
|
Mining industry contribution to Gross State Product
|
Employment in the mining industry
|
Value of the mining industry
| |
Mineral royalties
|
Payments on goods and services
|
Sales and shipments
|
Capital expenditure
|
Mining industry financial performance
|
Metal and mineral exports
| |
Metal prices and markets
|
Exploration
| |
Exploration for minerals, oil and gas
| |
Mineral exploration
|
Strategic Prospectivity Zones
|
Exploration licences
|
Value of mining production
|
Mining leases
|
Mineral processing
| |
Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Limited
|
Australian Cement Holdings, Railton Works
|
Pasminco Hobart Smelter
|
Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company (TEMCO)
|
Impact Fertilisers Pty Ltd
|
Mining and the environment
| |
Exploration
|
Abandoned mines rehabilitation
|
Acid drainage reconnaissance
|
Waste disposal effects on groundwater quality
|
Research and experimental development
|
Further information about Tasmanian mining
|
Feature Articles - Mining
|
Physical features
| |
Physical features - overview
|
Land area
|
Map of Tasmania
|
Mountains
|
Lakes
|
Rivers
|
Further information about Tasmania's physical features
|
Feature Articles - Physical features
|
Population
| |
Population - overview
|
Population size
| |
Estimated resident population as at 31 December
|
Estimated resident population as at 30 June
|
Estimated resident population 1971-2003
|
Population change
| |
As at 31 December
|
As at 30 June
|
Components of population change
| |
Natural increase
|
Interstate migration
|
Overseas migration
|
Population composition
| |
Age and sex
|
Age profile 1973 and 2003
|
Median age
|
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population
|
Population distribution
| |
Estimated resident population by municipality
|
2001 Census statistics
| |
Selected characteristics
|
Reconciling Census population statistics with estimated resident population
|
Births
| |
Trends
|
Crude birth rate
|
Total fertility rate
|
Deaths
|
Marriage
| |
Trends
|
Crude marriage rate
|
Age at marriage
|
Divorce
| |
Trends
|
Crude divorce rate
|
Divorce involving children
|
Duration of marriage to divorce
|
Further information about Tasmania's population
|
Feature Articles - Population
|
Prices
| |
Prices - overview
|
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
|
Retail prices of selected items
|
House price indexes
|
House Building
|
ABS Publications
|
Service Industries
| |
Service industries - overview
|
Contribution of service industries to the Tasmanian economy
|
Employment in service industries
|
Retail trade
|
Accommodation services
|
Cafes and restaurants
|
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars
| |
Pubs, taverns and bars
|
Clubs (hospitality)
|
Selected business professions
| |
Legal services
|
Computer services
|
Real estate services
|
Selected business services
| |
Cleaning services
|
Security services
|
Employment services
|
Hire industries
|
Selected health professions
| |
Audiology and audiometry services
|
Chiropractic and osteopathic services
|
Optometry and optical dispensing services
|
Physiotherapy services
|
Dental services
|
Veterinary services
|
Community services
| |
Community services industry
|
Expenditure on direct community services activities
|
Museums
|
Video hire industry
|
Music and theatre production industry
|
Further information about Tasmania's service industries
|
Sport and Recreation
| |
Sport and Recreation - overview
|
Sport
| |
Adults participating in sport and physical activities
|
Adults participating in the most popular sport and physical activities
|
Children participating in organised sport
|
Children participating in the most popular organised sports
|
Adults attending sport
|
Adults attending main sports
|
Recreation
| |
Children participating in selected leisure activities
|
Participation in selected outdoor recreation activities
|
Further information about Tasmanian sport and recreation
|
Feature Articles - Sport and Recreation
|
Tourism
| |
Tourism - overview
|
Visitor arrivals
| |
Origins
|
Purpose of visit
|
Activities
|
Expenditure
|
Length of stay
|
Accommodation
| |
Accommodation occupancy rates
| |
Accommodation occupancy rates: holiday flats etc., caravan parks, visitor hostels
|
Accommodation occupancy rates: hotels, motels etc.
|
Accommodation capacity
| |
Accommodation capacity: holiday flats etc., caravan parks, visitor hostels
|
Accommodation capacity: hotels, motels etc.
|
Takings from accommodation
|
Further information about Tasmanian tourism
|
Feature Articles - Tourism
|
Trade
| |
Trade - overview
|
Tasmania's trade performance
| |
Overseas exports
|
Overseas imports
|
Excess of exports over imports
|
International export markets
| |
Major export markets
|
Commodities exported overseas
|
Commodities imported from overseas
|
International freight activity
|
Interstate trade
|
Domestic freight activity - sea freight
|
Further information about Tasmania's trade
|
Feature Articles - Trade
|
Transport
| |
Transport - overview
|
Road transport activity
| |
Motor vehicle use
|
Motor vehicle registrations
|
Motor vehicles by year of manufacture
|
Water transport activity
|
Rail transport activity
|
Air transport activity
|
Domestic freight activity
| |
Road freight activity
|
Sea freight activity
|
International freight activity
| |
Air freight
|
Sea freight
|
Domestic passenger activity
| |
Bus services
|
Scheduled air passenger services
|
Ferry services
|
Transport safety
| |
Road accidents involving fatalities
|
Road fatalities
|
Transport related deaths
|
Air accidents and fatalities
|
Construction of roads, bridges and other transport infrastructure
|
Further information about Tasmania's transport
|
Feature Articles - Transport
|
Print Page
Print All