PLATFORM

One data core, five ways in

Datasets, reports, catchments, the API and the MCP server all read from the same versioned figures for every place in Australia, so a figure in a report is the same figure in your BI tool.

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618
Census metrics per place: 3
Censuses on today's boundaries: 2031
Projections out to

Pick the product that fits how you work

A report or a dataset needs nothing set up on your side; the API and the MCP server are for when the figures need to live inside your own tools.

Datasets01

Every metric, every area, as CSV

Download any of the 618 metrics for any set of places as CSV, with all three censuses on the same boundaries.

Output: CSV
Best for: Analysts and BI teams

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Reports02

Site, catchment and market reports

Site, catchment and market reports that put the numbers in context and cite each figure to its source.

Output: PDF and the data behind it
Best for: Investment committees, DAs

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Catchments03

Profiles for any area you draw

Set a radius or a drive or walk time around a site, or draw a boundary, and get a full profile, with counts added up before any median is worked out.

Output: Profile, map and data table
Best for: Retail and site selection

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MCP server04

Ask about any place from an AI assistant

Connect Claude or another assistant that supports remote MCP servers, sign in with your Censible account, and ask about any place. Answers use the same figures as the API, with their basis and source.

Output: Answers in your assistant, with sources
Best for: Analysts who work in an AI assistant

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API05

Query any figure from your own tools

Search places, pull figures side by side, or rank areas on any metric. Every answer carries its basis and source.

Output: JSON over HTTPS
Best for: Product and data teams

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UNDERNEATH

All five read from the same core

See how a figure gets from the ABS to your screen ↓

GEOGRAPHY

Every place on the same boundaries

Figures come on the ABS's 2026 boundaries, from a whole state down to blocks of a few hundred people. Councils, suburbs and postcodes are built from those same blocks, so every level shares one base.

For an area that isn't on any map, draw it, or set a radius or a drive or walk time around a site; travel times use OpenStreetMap's roads without traffic. We weight each block by the share of its people inside and work out medians after the counts are added up.

DATA CORE

Every figure shows its working

Open any number and you see where it came from, which boundaries it sits on, what it rests on and whether it's a count, an estimate or a projection.

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021
Boundaries: 2026 suburbs and localities (ASGS Edition 4, ABS October 2026)
Basis: Carried: 2021 counts on 2026 boundaries, using ABS population-weighted correspondences
Base: 30,208 people
Version: ABS 2021 Census release · loaded August 2026
Reproduce: Any past release can be pulled again by its version

Parramatta's suburb boundary moved between editions, so this figure is apportioned from ABS counts rather than read straight off an ABS table, and it's marked as estimated on the figure itself.

01CollectRaw tables come straight from the ABS and our other sources, stored as released.
02MatchOlder censuses are moved onto 2026 boundaries so 2011, 2016 and 2021 compare like for like.
03CheckSmall bases are flagged, open-ended medians are shown as floors, and ABS’s own figure wins where it publishes one.
04VersionEach release is kept, so a figure in last year’s report can be reproduced exactly.

COVERAGE

What's in the core, and how often it moves

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Data	Source	Years	Updates
Census characteristicsPeople, households, dwellings, income, education, work and languages	ABS Census of Population and Housing	2011 · 2016 · 2021	Each census
Population and age projectionsResidents by age, grown forward from the latest census	ABS population estimates, Geoscience Australia projections	2026 · 2031	Annual
Incomes and rents moved forward to 2026Census dollar figures moved forward to the current year	ABS wage price index, CPI rents	to 2026	Quarterly

A note on 2021

The latest Census results are from 2021. The 2026 results are due from 2027, and we'll load them as they're released.

Projections are labelled

Population and age are grown with ABS estimates and Geoscience Australia projections. About 70 other shares are moved by their trend since 2016, where that trend would have predicted 2021 better than no change, and the rest are held at 2021. Each of these figures is marked as a projection in the app and in API responses.

Lockdown caveat

The 2021 Census ran during lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, so work and travel-to-work figures carry a flag.

API AND FEEDS

The same figures, in your own tools

Ask for any metric for any place and the answer comes back with its basis and source attached, so a figure in Power BI or a model can be traced as easily as one in a report.

Places: Find any place by name, code or coordinate, at any level.
Figures: Up to 20 places side by side, every year at once if you want the trend.
Areas: Pool places, send a polygon or ask for a drive or walk time, and get figures for the whole area.

https://api.censible.com.au/v1/metric-values?region_ids=AU_2026_SAL_SAL13176&metric_ids=population,median_rent_weekly&year=2021

[
  {
    "metric_id": "population",
    "region_name": "Parramatta",
    "census_year": 2021,
    "value": 30208.42,
    "basis": "carried",
    "estimated": true
  },
  {
    "metric_id": "median_rent_weekly",
    "region_name": "Parramatta",
    "census_year": 2021,
    "value": 446.92,
    "unit": "dollars per week",
    "basis": "carried"
  }
]

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