Data

​Data sets​

Find data sets from our key research areas.

• Agricultural forecasting and trade
• Water
• Farm surveys and analysis
• Fisheries
• Fores​ts
• Land use
• Productivity
• Data catalogue

Improving agricultural statistics

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is committed to delivering accurate, timely and reliable analysis and data about Australian agriculture. As the department’s research arm, ABARES is working with the​ Australian Bureau of Statistics to modernise the agricultural statistics system. Modernisation will ensure the long term sustainability of the system by reducing survey burden, particularly for farmers, reducing data collection costs and improving the quality of statistics.

For more information on the modernisation process and latest news, visit the Improving agricultural statistics​ webpage.

Australian Agricultural Census 2015-16 visualisations

This series of visualisations is based on the most recent agricultural census data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for 2015-16.

The visualisations are designed to​ showcase the Agricultural Census data in a simple and intuitive way – as maps and charts with a focus on national, state and regional summaries for:

• Gross valu​e of production
• Production including the area planted or harvested, production and number of livestock or trees
• Number of businesses
• Water use
• Land management practices

Databases

AgSurf – data on agricultural industries

Looking for data on agricultural industries? Our online tool allows you to select information from broadacre and dairy databases, drilling down to key information groups, such as socio-economic group, population and financial performance.

Beef, lamb and sheep industries data

Want to know about meat and livestock farms? ABARES farm survey data on the beef, slaughter lambs and sheep industries is available.

Australian Natural Resources Data Library

Find and download data on a variety of natural resource subjects from our products library.

Software downloads

MCAS-S – spatial decision support software