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Australian Bureau of Statistics Data API

ABS dataflows covering economic, social and Census statistics — the published dataflow list includes Consumer Price Index (CPI), Labour Force, Australian National Accounts Key Aggregates, Retail Trade and the Estimated Resident Population series — queried by dataflow, data key and period. "Data is available in XML, JSON and CSV. If no format is selected the API will return XML." Metadata is primarily XML, with some available in JSON. The guide says the service "is fully compliant with SDMX 2.1 - the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange information model." Update cadence follows each ABS release; the guide notes that in the beta "data in this beta release may not necessarily be the most up to date."

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Access: No key · none; 20
Licence clarity: CC-BY-4.0 · terms linked; 20
Evidence: 4 source links checked; 18
Freshness: verified 2026-11-09; 20
Documentation: docs · limits · coverage · attribution; 17

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Access: none
Free tier: Free, no key: "As of the 29th of November 2024, Data API keys have been removed and we have transitioned to a register of interest system. The Data API is freely accessible without the need for an API key." The ABS labels the service a Beta and says "Availability of the ABS Data API (Beta) is not guaranteed. Performance and availability may be impacted during periods of high use."
Rate limits: Not stated
Licence: CC-BY-4.0terms
Licence note: The ABS website copyright page says: "All material presented on this website is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, with the exception of:" and then lists the exceptions as the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, the ABS logo, material protected by a trade mark, unit record data (microdata), content supplied by third parties, sub-brands for ABS data products and projects (e.g. DataLab, SEAD), ‘Our story, our future’ artwork and brand, Census branding and artwork, and Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA) branding and artwork. Microdata is outside the licence and is not served by this API.
Attribution: Required (CC BY 4.0). The copyright page says material from the site "is to be attributed to this department" and points to the ABS pages "Attributing ABS material" and "How to cite ABS sources".

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  "licenseUrl": "https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
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    "https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer",
    "https://data.api.abs.gov.au/rest/dataflow/ABS/CPI",
    "https://data.api.abs.gov.au/rest/dataflow/ABS?detail=allstubs"
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