This information paper presents and explores new statistical information relating to household wealth at a small area scale. The paper also explores the relationship between wealth and income for Australia's cities and regions.

• Household Wealth–Information Paper
  
  ip_063a.pdf
  (44.37 MB)
• Household wealth
  
  
  ip_063.xls
  (1.66 MB)
• Staff paper–economic wellbeing of Australia's regions
  
  
  ip_063.doc
  (1.17 MB)
• Mapping wealth in cities
  
  ip_063b.pdf
  (3.23 MB)

The Northern Australia Statistical Compendium was prepared by BITRE with the assistance of the Office of Northern Australia, with the aim of compiling a base of factual information that would contribute to improved understanding of the economic and social developments in this region. The compendium discusses essential characteristics of Northern Australia and offers comparisons with the rest of Australia, wherever possible. It provides information on population, the economy, employment, social conditions, education, transport, infrastructure, climate, land use and major industries for Northern Australia as a whole and for the regions within it.

Note: hard copies are not currently available but will be available soon.

• Northern Australia Statistical Compendium 2009–complete report
  
  other_003_Northern_Australia_Statistical_Compendium_2009.pdf
  (45.62 MB)
• Foreword and executive summary
  
  other_003_Foreword_and_executive_summary.pdf
  (4.99 MB)
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  
  other_003_Chapter_1.pdf
  (3.94 MB)
• Chapter 2 Population
  
  other_003_Chapter_2.pdf
  (464.52 KB)
• Chapter 3 Economic activity
  
  other_003_Chapter_3.pdf
  (2.11 MB)
• Chapter 4 Workforce
  
  other_003_Chapter_4.pdf
  (629.12 KB)
• Chapter 5 Day-to-day living
  
  other_003_Chapter_5.pdf
  (2.35 MB)
• Chapter 6 Transport
  
  other_003_Chapter_6.pdf
  (3.15 MB)
• Chapter 7 Infrastructure
  
  other_003_Chapter_7.pdf
  (1012.35 KB)
• Chapter 8 Natural resources
  
  other_003_Chapter_8.pdf
  (23.87 MB)
• Chapter 9 Main industries
  
  other_003_Chapter_9.pdf
  (564.73 KB)
• Appendix
  
  other_003_Appendix.pdf
  (3.7 MB)
• Abbreviations and references
  
  other_003_Abrreviations_references.pdf
  (118.15 KB)
• Northern Australia Statistical Compendium Data
  
  other_003_BITRE_Northern_Australia_Statistical_Compendium_Data.zip
  (12.29 MB)

This paper was developed as background for the meeting of the Australian Council of Local Government in June 2009. It looks at the economic downturn and its implications for local government and regional economies with particular reference to the Australian Government response.

• The global economic downturn–some implications for Australian local governments
  
  other_005_BITRE_Impacts_of_GED2.pdf
  (288.06 KB)

This information sheet provides key trends in air transport services in regional Australia from 1984 to 2008, updating figures previously published in Air Transport Services in Regional Australia: Trends and Access, Report 115 (BITRE 2008) with new data from 2006 to 2008.

• Air transport Service Trends in Regional Australia (2009 Update)
  
  is_035.pdf
  (758.33 KB)

This update builds on the Northern Australia Statistical Compendium 2009 publication by providing new information, where it has become available. The publication provides an update across a wide range of subjects such as population, economic, social, education, transport, infrastructure, climate and natural resources for regions north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

• Northern Australia statistical compendium 2011 update
  
  stats_014.pdf
  (12.36 MB)

This report provides a summary of key trends in population growth and decline across Australia's regions, primarily between 2001 and 2009. The report highlights the role of migration in shaping Australia's settlement patterns, with a brief discussion on some of the underlying drivers.

• Spatial trends in Australian population growth and movement
  
  report_122.pdf
  (19.61 MB)