Data.gov.au

data.gov.au is the Australian Government's central platform for discovering and accessing open government data. The platform provides free access to thousands of datasets, APIs and data resources published by government agencies, research organisations, universities and other public institutions. It supports the use and reuse of data to inform policy, research, service design, innovation and evidence-based decision-making across Australia.

This resource links to information published on the data.gov.au website. 

Participant benefits

• Access real-world Australian data to support research, analysis and evidence-based decision-making. 
• Identify trends, insights and opportunities that can inform policy, program and service design activities. 
• Strengthen data literacy and analytical capability through working with publicly available datasets. 
• Support transparency, accountability and informed public sector decision-making through the use of open data. 
• Explore opportunities to innovate by applying government and research data to new projects, services and solutions. 

What this resource covers

• Government and public sector datasets from Commonwealth, state and local government organisations. 
• Research, statistical and demographic data covering a wide range of social, economic and environmental topics.
• Geographic, spatial, climate, transport, infrastructure and natural resource information. 
• Application programming interfaces (APIs), machine-readable datasets and metadata to support data integration and analysis. 
• Data catalogues and discovery tools that help users locate and reuse publicly available information. 

Suitable for

Policy officers, strategists, service designers, researchers, data analysts, data scientists, developers, evaluators, and anyone seeking access to publicly available Australian datasets.

Considerations 

• Data on data.gov.au is publicly accessible and available for reuse in accordance with applicable licensing conditions.
• Eligible government organisations can publish datasets to the platform using a registered government email account.
• Dataset quality, coverage and update frequency vary between publishing organisations and should be assessed before use. 
• Users should review metadata, licensing information and usage conditions when accessing or reusing data.