Data

​​​​​Latest data releases

Forest fire area data for the 2019-20 summer bushfire season in southern and eastern Australia

Released 7 April 2020

During the 2019–20 bushfire season, the southern and eastern parts of the Australia have experienced multiple large-scale and intense fires. The Forest fire area data for the 2019-20 summer bushfire season in southern and eastern Australia dataset is a set of tables that show the area of Australia’s forests burnt during this bushfire season in southern and eastern Australia, by jurisdiction, forest category and forest tenure.

New product now available - MDB water market dataset

Released 27 March 2020

The MDB water market dataset is a new product that provides information on water availability, market outcomes, irrigation activity, climatic conditions and commodity prices for a consistent set of catchment regions in the Murray-Darling Basin.

​Data sets​

Find data sets from our key research areas.

• Agricultural commodities and trade
• Water
• Climate
• Farm surveys and analysis
• Social sciences
• Fisheries
• Fores​ts
• Land use
• Biosecurity
• Productivity
• Invasive species
• Quantitative sciences

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

Beef, lamb and sheep industries data

Australian Natural Resources Data Library

Software downloads

MCAS-S – spatial decision support software