National Statistical Service

This page provides links and references to classification, concepts and data dictionaries from Australia and other countries. For more information about standards and classifications please refer to the NSS Handbook, Chapter 10 Standards and Classifications

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Classifications - Australian

• Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC)

• Australian Culture and Leisure Classifications

• Australian Bureau of Statistics Functional Classification of Buildings

• Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC)

• Australian/Remoteness Index Of Australia - ARIA provides a systematic geographic analysis using population centres as the basis for qualifying for services and hence remoteness
• Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups

• Australian Standard Classification of Drugs of Concern

• Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED)

• Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL)

• Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)

• Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups (ASCRG)

• Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC)

• Australian Standard Offence Classification (ASOC)

• Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

• Information Paper: Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED)

• Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC)

• Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia (SESCA)

Classifications - International
• Central Product Classification Version 1.1 (CPC Ver. 1.1), UNSD, Statistical Classifications Section, 2008

• Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC), UNSD, Statistical Classifications Section

• Classification of Environmental Protection Activities and Expenditure (CEPA), EUROSTAT National Accounts Methodology, Statistics of Own Resources, 2000

• Classifications of the Functions of Government (COFOG), UNSD, Statistical Classifications Section

• Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP), UNSD, Statistical Classifications Section

• Classification of the Outlays of Producers According to Purpose (COPP), UNSD, Statistical Classifications Section

• Classification of the Purposes of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households (COPNI), UNSD, Statistical Classifications Section, 1999

• Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification (EBOPS), OECD, Eurostat and IMF, 1996

• Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 (GFSM 2001), IMF, Government Finance Division

• Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), World Customs Office, Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate, 2002

• International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF),WHO, Epidemiology, Assessment and Classification Unit, 1999

• International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Manual BPM6 (sixth edition)

• International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), UNESCO, UNESCO Division of Statistics, 1997

• International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08), International Labour Office, Geneva, 2008

• International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4), UNSD Statistical Classifications Section, 2008

• International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), WHO, 2007

• Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use, Revision 4 (M 49, Rev.4),UNSD, General Statistics Section, 1999

• Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 4 (SITC Rev.4), UNSD International Trade Statistics Branch

Concepts, Sources and Statistical Information - Australian

Concepts, Sources and Statistical Information - International

• Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Communities), European System of National Accounts (ESA 1995), Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1995.

• International Expert Group on Household Income Statistics ('Canberra Group'), Final Report and Recommendations, Ottawa, 2001.

• United Nations, IMF, OECD, World Bank and Commission of the European Communities, System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008), Brussels/Luxembourg, New York, Paris, Washington D.C., 2008.

Data Dictionaries