Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook 2015

The Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook provides a statistical resource that can help all Australian's to 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 second edition of the Yearbook builds on the information that was provided in 2015 by updating data sources wherever possible and improving the method used to construct estimates for a number of indicators.

The 2015 Yearbook also includes an expanded set of geographies. Within the Yearbook publication, the list of sub-state regions has been expanded to provide a finer level of detail in outback Australia. The attached data files provide even greater geographic detail, presenting data by Local Government Area (LGA) and by Regional Development Australia Committee (RDA) boundaries wherever possible.

• Progress in Australian Regions—Yearbook 2015—Full Report PDF: 17426 KB

Individual chapters

• Foreword PDF: 1277 KB
• Contents, list of table, list of figures PDF: 372 KB
• Introduction PDF: 725 KB
• Progress
  • Society PDF: 2483 KB
    • 1.1.1 Life expectancy at birth XLSX: 112 KB
    • 1.1.2 Psychological distress XLSX: 47 KB
    • 1.1.3 Overweight or obese XLSX: 140 KB
    • 1.1.4 Smoking rates XLSX: 143 KB
    • 1.1.5 Physical activity XLSX: 135 KB
    • 1.2.1 Children developmentally vulnerable XLSX: 126 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: 13 KB
    • 1.4.1 Victims of physical assault XLSX: 48 KB
    • 1.4.2 Victims of malicious property damage XLSX: 48 KB
    • 1.4.3 Road fatalities XLSX: 48 KB
    • 1.5.1 Vocational or higher educational qualifications XLSX: 274 KB
    • 1.5.2 Year 5 and Year 9 reading standards XLSX: 13 KB
    • 1.6.1 Voluntary work XLSX: 273 KB
    • 1.7.1 Disposable household income XLSX: 44 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: 2671 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: 275 KB
    • 2.1.4 Earning or learning XLSX: 269 KB
    • 2.2.1 Unemployment rate XLSX: 275 KB
    • 2.2.2 Employed persons XLSX: 246 KB
    • 2.3.1 Average duration of unemployment XLSX: 82 KB
    • 2.4.1 Real median weekly household income XLSX: 258 KB
    • 2.4.2 Household net worth XLSX: 48 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: 179 KB
    • 2.6.2 International freight value XLSX: 117 KB
  • Environment PDF: 1137 KB
    • 3.1.1 Air pollution XLSX: 13 KB
    • 3.2.1 Domestic trips involving nature activities XLSX: 177 KB
    • 3.3.1 Protected areas of land XLSX: 127 KB
    • 3.4.1 Greenhouse gas emissions from road transport XLSX: 43 KB
    • 3.5.1 Traffic congestion XLSX: 13 KB
    • 3.5.2 Average commuting time XLSX: 44 KB
    • 3.5.3 Water quality XLSX: 44 KB
    • 3.5.4 Active travel by bicycle or walking XLSX: 48 KB
  • Governance PDF: 772 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: 2563 KB
  • Transport and Infrastructure PDF: 1718 KB
  • Industry and Innovation PDF: 1693 KB
• Endnotes and definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms, References PDF: 271 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