Data

Data sets

Find data sets from our key research areas.

• Agricultural forecasting and trade
• Water
• Farm surveys and analysis
• Fisheries
• Forests
• Land use
• Productivity
• Data catalogue

Improving agricultural statistics

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 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 2020–21 visualisations

The Australian Agricultural Census 2020–21 visualisations is based on the most recent agricultural census data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for 2020–21.
The dashboards present the data for two sets of regions:

• Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 regions for Statistical Area level 2 (SA2), state and national data
• Local Government Area (LGA), state and national data.

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:

• Area
• Production including the area planted or harvested, production and number of livestock or trees
• Number of businesses
• Gross value of productions.

Farm Data Portal - Beta

The ABARES Farm Data Portal is an interactive visual tool that displays the full suite of information collected in ABARES broadacre and dairy farm surveys, along with information and analysis from other ABARES farm data research.

You can use the tool to see historical results from those surveys, forecasts of farm financial performance, modelled results from the ABARES farmpredict model, and agricultural productivity estimates.

The Farm Data Portal is currently in public beta release.

Databases

Farm Data Portal

The Farm Data Portal is an interactive tool containing data from ABARES surveys of broadacre and dairy farms, and outputs from those surveys all in the one location.

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.

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

The Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) is a powerful tool to view and assess mapped information and explore trade-offs assisting with collaborative decision-making with stakeholders. MCAS-S version 4 has improved performance, makes data and projects easier to organise and projects easier to share. Download Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support Version 4 to analyse and compare complex spatial information.

Start using MCAS-S by downloading ready to go map layers.