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Demographic estimates and projections and their component data are referred to or published in the following publications. ABS publications have ABS's catalogue numbers shown in brackets.

Overview

• Australian Demographic Statistics (3101.0) Quarterly.

• Demography (for each State and Territory) (3311.x) Annual.

• Australian Social Trends (4102.0) Annual.

• Year Book, Australia (1300.0) Annual.

• Australian Demographic Trends (3102.0) Irregular. Last issue 1997.

Historic
• Catalogue of Australian Statistical Publications 1804 to 1901 (1115.0).

• Australians: Historical Statistics, Editor Wray Vamplew; Fairfax, Syme and Weldon Associates (1987).

• Demography (Ref. No. 4.9). Issued annually, 1900 to 1971.

• Australian Demographic Trends, 1997 (3102.0). Includes time series back to 1901.

Population estimates and projections

• Australian Demographic Statistics (3101.0) Quarterly. Includes State level estimates.

• Regional Population Growth, Australia (3218.0) Annual. Includes LGA and SLA estimates.

• Population by Age and Sex: Australian States and Territories (3201.0) Annual. Includes single year of age estimates.

• Population by Age and Sex (for each State and Territory) (3235.x) Annual. Includes SLA estimates.

• Population Projections (3222.0) Every 2-3 years. 1997-2051 issue includes projections at the Part of State level.

• Population Growth and Distribution in Australia (2035.0) Quinquennial. The 1996 Census of Population and Housing issue includes final SLA estimates for each year 1991-1996 based on 1996 SLA boundaries.

Technical
• Census of Population and Housing: Data Quality - Undercount 1996 (2940.0).

• Issues in estimating small area populations, Andrew Howe. Demography working paper 98/1 available on ABS's web site.

• Population Estimates: Concepts, Sources and Methods (3228.0) Irregular. Focus is primarily on 1986 - 1991 period.

• Methods and Procedures in the Compilation of Estimated Resident Population 1981 and in the Construction of the 1971-81 Time Series (3103.0)

• Adjusting the 1986 Australian Census Count for Underenumeration, C. Y. Choi, D. G. Steel and T. J. Skinner. Survey Methodology, December 1988 Vol. 14(2). See pp. 173-190.

Indigenous population estimates and projections

• Experimental Estimates of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 30 June 1991 - 30 June 1996 (3230.0) Includes ATSIC Region estimates for 30 June 1996.

• Experimental Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 30 June 1996 - 30 June 2006 (3231.0)

• Population Projections (3222.0) Includes projections at the State level.

Technical
• Population Issues, Indigenous Australians 1996, Kate Ross (4708.0)

Household estimates and projections

• Australian Demographic Statistics (3101.0) Quarterly. Includes annual household estimates at the Part of State level.

• Household and Family Projections (3236.0). First issue planned for release in October 1999.

• Household Estimates, Australia, 1986, 1991-94 (3229.0)

Technical
• Projections of Households and Household Populations by Household Size Propensities, D.S. Ironmonger and C.W. Lloyd-Smith. Journal of the Australian Population Association, November 1992, Vol 9(2).

Fertility

• Australian Demographic Statistics (3101.0) Quarterly. Includes estimates of births.

• Births, Australia (3301.0) Annual. Includes Indigenous births.

  
  Technical

• Quarterly birth and death estimates, Rhonda de Vos and John Paice. Demography working paper 98/2 available on ABS's web site.

Mortality

• Australian Demographic Statistics (3101.0) Quarterly. Includes estimates of deaths.

• Deaths, Australia (3302.0) Annual. Includes Indigenous deaths.

Technical
• Quarterly birth and death estimates, Rhonda de Vos and John Paice. Demography working paper 98/2 available on ABS's web site.

Migration

• Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (3401.0) Monthly.

• Australian Demographic Statistics (3101.0) Quarterly. Includes quarterly estimates of interstate and international migration.

• Migration, Australia (3412.0) Annual. Includes estimates of the population by country of birth and interstate migration.

Historic other than referred to in Overview
• Immigration and Ethnicity, Charles A. Price, Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1996). Includes historic statistics and statistical changes.

• 'Trans-Tasman Migration: Trends, Causes and Consequences', Editor Gordon A. Carmichael, Bureau of Immigration Research (1993). See Chapter 2: Policy and data. Includes historic statistics and statistical changes.

Technical
• Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration, Revision 1, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division, New York (1998).

• Estimating interstate migration, 1996 - 2001, Bill Allen. Demography working paper 99/2 available on ABS's web site.

• Estimates of Residents Temporarily Overseas, Visitors in Australia and Category Jumping (3104.0).

Marriage and divorce

• Australian Demographic Statistics (3101.0) Quarterly. Includes quarterly estimates of marriages and divorces.

• Marriages and Divorces, Australia (3310.0) Annual. Includes estimates of the population by marital status.