Australian and international datasets
Finding Australian and international datasets
Australian datasets
General sources
Many universities, research organisations, government agencies, and other institutions provide access to their datasets.
- Research Data AustraliaFind data from over one hundred Australian organisations including government agencies, research centres, universities, and cultural institutions. Topics cover science, social science, arts and humanities.
- Australian Data Archive (ADA)ADA is a Dataverse for Australian research data. It contains more than 6000 datasets from over 1500 projects. Topics include health, social attitudes, politics and opinion polls. Government agencies that use ADA include the Australian Institute for Family Studies, the Social Research Centre, the Dept. of Social Services, and others.
- AIHWThe Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shares datasets on health, housing, and community services. This includes expenditure, hospitals, mental health, homelessness, child protection, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- med.data.edu.aumed.data.edu.au is a data repository covering Australian research in human genomics, imaging, personalised medicine, population health, bioinformatics and health informatics.
Government data
Federal and state governments have open data policies that provide public access to their datasets. You can search for datasets relating to health, education, community, land, transport and more.
International datasets
- Global Open Data IndexRegisters the availability of open government data from countries around the world, with links to data sources.
- World Bank Open DataThe World Bank collects a range of data on different regions and countries.
- EU Open Data PortalProvides access to datasets from EU institutions and bodies. It contains datasets relating to agriculture, economics, education, health, legal systems, and more.
- Data.govData.gov is the United States government open data catalogue. Topics cover health, economy, environment, education, local government, finance and more.
- UK Data ServiceProvides access to data from government agencies, as well as academic and research sources. It includes social, economic, and population data across many disciplines.