Data & Statistics
Vital for situating your practice in a broader industry trend, and to support investigative journalism, there is a plethora of data and statistics sources available through ECU Library subscriptions, and via the Web
Ratings
Radio
Television
- OzTAMOzTAM is the official source of television audience measurement (TAM) covering Australia’s five mainland metropolitan markets and nationally for subscription television.
- Regional Television Audience MeasurementCollected and marketed by Nielsen Television Audience Measurement, Regional TAM data is the official television audience measurement (TAM) of Free-To-Air and Subscription Television viewing in the five east coast aggregated regional markets including its 19 component sub-markets, and the Regional Western Australian market.
- Think TVA marketing initiative of Free TV Australia – the industry representative for all of Australia's free-to-air metropolitan and regional commercial television broadcasters.
Industry
Industry and Business Reports can help to locate opportunities for your work, help make grant applications more concrete, and give insight into journalistic investigations.
- MarketLine This link opens in a new window
Provides data and up-to-date information on companies, industries and countries across the world.
Click here for the MarketLine user guide and video tutorials. - Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide This link opens in a new windowUse this directory to find contact within in the media industry. It is considered an authoritative guide for Australian public relations, advertising and marketing.
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Australian and global industry analysis for a range of industries, services and products, containing Industry Market Research, Industry Risk Ratings and Company Research.
Watch online tutorials: https://help-ibisworld-com.ezproxy.ecu.edu.au/en/
Statistics
A national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data. Includes social science, historical, Indigenous, longitudinal, qualitative, crime and justice, and international data. You must first register with ADA.
Search or browse for current, older and out of print publications, Australian Government gazettes, Australian Government Publishing Services (AGPS) and parliamentary publications and others
Topic Areas:
Find data on food processing from raw agricultural product to highly processed food. Hosted by the Department of Agriculture.
National agency producing information and statistics on Australian health and welfare. Find a range of statistics including diabetes, alcohol, chronic diseases and Indigenous health topics.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) manages the entry and settlement of people in Australia. Find statistics on migration, humanitarian programs, and overseas arrivals and departures.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is Australia's central bank. Find Australian exchange rates, interest rates, credit rates, prices and inflation rate data.
Tourism Australia provides research services to the industry through consumer and market insights, plus tourism, aviation and economic analysis. Find statistics for visitor arrivals, tourism forecasts and aviation overviews.
WorkSafe is a division of the WA Department of Commerce and its role is the regulation of workplace safety and health in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984. Find statistics on work accidents in Australia in various industries.