Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook 2016

The Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook provides a statistical resource that can help all Australian's understand how their region is progressing against economic, social, environmental and governance indicators. The Yearbook brings together information about Australia's regions from a range of different sources and presents that data in a consistent format over time.

This third edition provides updated information on the same set of indicators from previous Yearbooks, providing consistent measures of progress in Australia’s regions over time.

Yearbook 2016 data is also available from the Yearbook web application which provides information about individual regions and a wider range of geographical scales. The geographies covered include Sub-State Regions (SA4), Significant Urban Areas (SUA), Local Government Areas (LGA), and Regional Development Australia Committees (RDA).

• Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook 2016—Full Report PDF: 17983 KB

Online Regional Data

• Foreword PDF: 1270 KB
• Contents, list of table, list of figures PDF: 381 KB
• Introduction PDF: 680 KB
• Regional Geography
  • Remoteness Classes PDF: 117 KB
  • Sub-State Regions PDF: 345 KB
  • Significant Urban Areas PDF: 142 KB
• Progress
  • Society PDF: 2732 KB
    • 1.1.1 Life expectancy at birth XLSX: 139 KB
    • 1.1.2 Psychological distress XLSX: 65 KB
    • 1.1.3 Overweight or obese XLSX: 244 KB
    • 1.1.4 Smoking rates XLSX: 196 KB
    • 1.1.5 Physical activity XLSX: 227 KB
    • 1.2.1 Children developmentally vulnerable XLSX: 20 KB
    • 1.3.1 Homelessness XLSX: 77 KB
    • 1.3.2 Houses with overcrowded conditions XLSX: 211 KB
    • 1.3.3 Households that own their own home XLSX: 212 KB
    • 1.3.4 Recognising traditional country XLSX: 18 KB
    • 1.4.1 Victims of physical assault XLSX: 57 KB
    • 1.4.2 Victims of malicious property damage XLSX: 58 KB
    • 1.4.3 Road fatalities XLSX: 58 KB
    • 1.5.1 Vocational or higher educational qualifications XLSX: 430 KB
    • 1.5.2 Year 5 and Year 9 reading standards XLSX: 17 KB
    • 1.6.1 Voluntary work XLSX: 273 KB
    • 1.7.1 Disposable household income XLSX: 142 KB
    • 1.8.1 People who provided unpaid help XLSX: 61 KB
    • 1.8.2 Attendance rate for cultural events XLSX: 43 KB
  • Economy PDF: 2946 KB
    • 2.1.1 Qualified or skilled occupation XLSX: 274 KB
    • 2.1.2 Employment rate XLSX: 272 KB
    • 2.1.3 New business entry rate XLSX: 573 KB
    • 2.1.4 Earning or learning XLSX: 269 KB
    • 2.2.1 Unemployment rate XLSX: 425 KB
    • 2.2.2 Employed persons XLSX: 246 KB
    • 2.3.1 Average duration of unemployment XLSX: 108 KB
    • 2.4.1 Real median weekly household income XLSX: 258 KB
    • 2.4.2 Household net worth XLSX: 144 KB
    • 2.4.3 Labour force participation rate XLSX: 273 KB
    • 2.5.1 Low income ratio XLSX: 266 KB
    • 2.6.1 International visitors XLSX: 269 KB
    • 2.6.2 International freight value XLSX: 167 KB
  • Environment PDF: 1141 KB
    • 3.1.1 Air pollution XLSX: 13 KB
    • 3.2.1 Domestic trips involving nature activities XLSX: 290 KB
    • 3.3.1 Protected areas of land XLSX: 127 KB
    • 3.4.1 Greenhouse gas emissions from road transport XLSX: 50 KB
    • 3.5.1 Traffic congestion XLSX: 13 KB
    • 3.5.2 Average commuting time XLSX: 57 KB
    • 3.5.3 Water quality XLSX: 44 KB
    • 3.5.4 Active travel by bicycle or walking XLSX: 48 KB
  • Governance PDF: 779 KB
    • 4.1.1 Generalised trust XLSX: 47 KB
    • 4.1.2 Informal votes XLSX: 14 KB
    • 4.2.1 Voter turnout XLSX: 14 KB
    • 4.2.2 Participation in a civic or political group XLSX: 47 KB
    • 4.2.3 Uptake of Australian citizenship XLSX: 245 KB
• Context
  • Population and Demographics PDF: 2539 KB
  • Transport and Infrastructure PDF: 1640 KB
  • Industry and Innovation PDF: 1696 KB
• Endnotes and definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms, References PDF: 263 KB

Contact Us

For more information about this publication email us at Regional.Progress@infrastructure.gov.au

Previous Yearbooks

• Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook 2014
• Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook 2015