Basic Community Profiles

Community profiles are a set of standard tables which contain key social, demographic and economic characteristics of people, families and dwellings. The profiles, which form the core of many census products, are available for Australian Standard Geographic Classification areas and other standard census geographic areas. They are an economical way of obtaining a statistical picture of a community and making comparisons between different areas or different population groups. The Community Profile series are provided with free windows-based manipulation software which allows users to view, select and print data . The series comprise: Basic Community Profile, Indigenous Profile, Time Series Profile, Usual Residents Profile, Expanded Community Profile and Working Population Profile. The BCP contains 33 tables which are available for all Australian Standard Geographic Classification areas from Collection District level (CD) to total Australia, and Census-specific geographic areas.