Ryde Library Services, as part of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Library Extension Programme, holds a core collection of over 300 publications, including the 1991, 1996 and 2001 census results on CD-ROM, in print or online. The majority of the publications provide statistical information relating to New South Wales or Australia.
	The Australian Bureau of Statistics website provides selected characteristics online from the 1996 Census of Population and Housing Community Profiles, and the 2001 Census of Population and Housing, down to the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level for each state.
	From 2002 the Ryde Library Services is connected to the Australian Bureau of Statistics eLEP service. The eLEP service provides free on-line access to all ABS publications from 1998 in Adobe Acrobat format. Over 650 full text publication titles are available on the ABS website through this service. The service has been made available to existing LEP libraries as part of a new venture of the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
	According to the 2006 Census, the resident population of Australia increased by 6%, or just over 1 million people, since the 2001 Census. The number of people counted in the 2006 Census who had Australian Citizenship was 17,095,569 (86.1%). The 2006 Census data is now available, with the 2nd Release Census Data: Community Profiles and Census Tables (Time Series, Place of Enumeration and Expanded) now available. The next release date is 26 November 2007.

 

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	Community Profile - The City of Ryde Community Profile includes results from the 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. The City of Ryde Community Profile is designed to inform community groups, investors, business, students and the general public. To achieve this, the Profile is formatted to present the data in simple, clear tables and charts with concise factual commentary.
	New South Wales Population Projections - The New South Wales Department of Planning, in consultation with the Population Projections Group, is responsible for producing the official New South Wales population projections for State government planning purposes. Projections are first produced at a State and regional level then developed for each statistical local area within each region.
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