Where decisions about people and places start
Australian Census data and reports for property, retail and public sector teams
Built for teams that decide where things go
- Property developers
- Retailers
- Investors
- Councils
- Consultancies
- Lenders
Built on the same figures
Each product reads the same figures, on the same boundaries.
Every census on one map
Every table from the 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, carried onto today's boundaries so years and places compare without extra work.
Every figure traceable
Each number links back to its source, release date and method.
Projected forward to 2041
Population and age are projected to 2041 from ABS estimates, Geoscience Australia projections and the ABS's state projections, and incomes and rents are brought forward to 2026.
Catchments
Set a radius or a drive or walk time around a site, or draw any area, and get a full Census profile for it.
Your sites
Upload your stores with one performance figure each and see which catchment figures go with the strongest of them.
API and downloads
Query any metric for any area from your own tools, or download full datasets as CSV.
Reports
Site, catchment and market reports, written from Censible's figures with each one cited to its source.
Every place in Australia, on the same terms
From a single suburb to every SA2 in the country, read from the same figures.
How each sector uses it
Test demand before you buy a site
Population growth, household types, incomes and housing costs around any site, with projections to 2041, in one report.
- Developers
- Home builders
- Land
Find catchments that match your best stores
Profile the customers around your strongest locations, then find the places that match them.
- Retail
- Leisure
- F&B
Compare markets on the same terms
Markets are measured on the same boundaries with the same method, so one city's figures can be set directly beside another's.
- Investors
- Lenders
Plan services around how places are changing
Population change, ageing, rents and mortgage repayments against incomes, and travel to work for every suburb and SA2, updated with each release.
- Councils
- Public sector
How the figures are built
Every product runs on one data core. Raw sources are cleaned, checked and matched to a common set of areas before anything reaches a report or an API call.
- Products
- Datasets, reports, catchments, the API and the MCP server, all reading from the same core.
- Processing
- Matching to a common set of areas, gap-filling and quality checks on every release.
- Data core
- ABS and other open government sources, versioned so any past figure can be reproduced.
Insights
Analysis of how Australia's people and places are changing, from Census to Census.
Start with a sample
Pick any area in Australia and we will send you a sample dataset and report for it, free.
Frequently asked questions
Censible is an Australian Census data platform. It puts every Census since 2011 on the same boundaries the ABS uses for Census 2026, so figures for a suburb, council or postcode line up from one Census to the next. Census 2026 results are added as the ABS releases them, so you can compare 2021 and 2026 for any place in Australia. Every figure shows its ABS source. Use Censible in the web app, in reports, through the API, or in AI assistants through its MCP server.
Teams that decide where things go: property developers, retailers, investors, lenders, consultancies and councils.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Census of Population and Housing, plus ABS population estimates, Geoscience Australia population projections and other open government sources, used under their CC BY 4.0 licences. Every figure links back to its source, release and method.
Every place in Australia on the ABS's 2026 boundaries: states, capital cities, statistical areas down to SA1, councils, suburbs and postcodes. You can also draw your own area or set a radius around a site.
Yes. Every Census since 2011 is carried onto the boundaries the ABS uses for Census 2026, so a suburb's figures line up from one Census to the next, even where its boundary changed. Census 2026 joins them as the ABS releases it. Figures moved onto a changed boundary are marked as estimated.
Censible has every Census since 2011, and adds the 2026 Census as the ABS releases it, from June 2027. Until then, figures are projected to 2026, 2031, 2036 and 2041, with incomes and rents brought forward to 2026 with the ABS wage price index and CPI rents, and each projection is labelled as one rather than as a Census result.
The ABS releases Census 2026 data in three stages: the first release in June 2027, the second in October 2027, and the third in 2028. Censible adds each release as it lands, on the same boundaries as the earlier Censuses, for every suburb, council and postcode.
Yes. The API returns any metric for any place with its basis and source attached, datasets can be downloaded as CSV, and AI assistants can query the same figures through Censible's MCP server.
It's the same ABS Census, arranged differently. QuickStats shows one place at a time and TableBuilder builds custom tables; Censible puts every place on one set of boundaries, ready to compare, rank and profile, including areas you draw.
No. Censible is independent and isn't affiliated with the ABS or any government agency. It's built by analysts with over ten years of experience in retail, FMCG and data analytics.
Free costs nothing and needs no card, and gives the figures the ABS publishes in QuickStats for 2011, 2016 and 2021. Explore is $199 a month for one user, with every 2021 figure, and Team is $750 a month for unlimited users, adding 2011 and 2016 and catchments around any site. Network is $2,000 a month and adds your own sites and projections to 2041. Prices exclude GST, a year costs the same as ten months, a single report is $99, and Enterprise licences are quoted on coverage and use.