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
• A Guide to Australian Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics

• A Guide to the Consumer Price Index: 15th Series

• Accruals-based Government Finance Statistics, Information Paper

• Australian National Accounts: Concepts, Sources and Methods

• Balance of Payments, Australia, Concepts, Sources and Methods

• Balance of Payments Statistics, Information Paper on Quality

• Demographic Estimates and Projections: Concepts, Sources and Methods

• Framework for Australian Tourism Statistics, 2003

• Household Expenditure Survey, Australia: User Guide

• Household Income, Consumption, Saving and Wealth, A Provisional Framework

• Illicit Drug Use, Sources of Australian Data

• International Merchandise Trade, Australia, Concepts, Sources and Methods

• Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods

• Measuring Wellbeing: Frameworks for Australian Social Statistics

• Price Indexes, An Analytical Framework for Australia, Information Paper

• Producer and International Trade Price Indexes, 1995

• Producer Price Indexes, Information Paper on Developments

• The National Criminal Justice Statistical Framework, 2007

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

• AIHW Metatata Online Register METeOR - the National Health, Community Services and Housing Assistance Data Dictionaries. These dictionaries are the authoritative source of health and welfare data definitions used in Australia where national consistency is required.

• 2011 Census Dictionary (ABS Catalogue No 2901.0)

• National Criminal Courts Data Dictionary 2006