AIHW data by geography

The AIHW releases data at a range of geographies, including by areas smaller than states and territories. Reporting at these smaller, more ‘local’ areas can show results that may be masked by results for the whole of Australia, or for states and territories — allowing a better understanding for the local community, clinicians, policymakers and researchers.

Due to the smaller number of results in these smaller areas, and the strict privacy and confidentiality controls applied to data, results are sometimes unable to be reported for all areas in Australia.

Data available at the local level

The AIHW most commonly reports smaller areas by:

Primary Health Network (PHN) areas—PHNs are organisations that connect health services across a specific geographic area (a PHN area), with the 31 boundaries defined by the Australian Government Department of Health.
Statistical Areas—Statistical Areas are a geographical classification defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They encompass four levels, with increasing size and population: Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s); Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s); Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s); and Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s).

Primary topic	Report¹ or resource	Geography reported
Alcohol & other drug treatment services	Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia annual report 16 Jul 2021	PHN
Cancer, Health & welfare expenditure	Health system expenditure on cancer and other neoplasms in Australia, 2015–16 24 Mar 2021	SA4
Cancer	Cancer statistics for small geographic areas 18 Oct 2019	PHN, SA3
Cancer, Health care quality & performance	Incidence of selected cancers in 2009–2013 19 Apr 2018	PHN, SA3, SA4
Cancer, Cancer, Rural & remote Australians	Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across Regions (CIMAR) books 14 Dec 2016	PHN, SA3, SA4, GCCSA, PHA
Cancer screening, Cancer	Cancer screening programs: quarterly data 1 Oct 2021	PHN, SA3
Chronic disease, Chronic kidney disease, Diabetes, Heart, stroke & vascular diseases	Geographical variation in disease: diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease 3 Aug 2021	PHN, PHA
Chronic respiratory conditions, Chronic disease, Primary health care	Sleep–related breathing disorders with a focus on obstructive sleep apnoea 3 Aug 2021	SA3
Dementia, Life expectancy & deaths, Older people	Dementia deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia 22 Apr 2021	GCCSA
Diabetes, Chronic disease	Incidence of insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 9 Dec 2020	PHN
Environment and health, Hospitals, Burden of disease, Chronic respiratory conditions, Heart, stroke & vascular diseases	Data update: Short-term health impacts of the 2019–20 Australian bushfires 12 Nov 2021	SA4
Health & welfare expenditure, Health care quality & performance, Primary health care	Patients' out-of-pocket spending on Medicare services 2016–17 16 Aug 2018	PHN, SA3
Health & welfare expenditure, Health care quality & performance, Primary health care	Medicare Benefits Schedule GP and specialist attendances and expenditure in 2016–17 7 Jun 2018	PHN, SA3
Health care quality & performance, Health & welfare expenditure, Primary health care	Impacts of COVID-19 on Medicare Benefits Scheme and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: quarterly data 24 Sep 2021	PHN, SA3, GCCSA
Health care quality & performance, Primary health care	Coordination of health care for patients aged 45 and over by Primary Health Networks 1 Apr 2021	PHN
Health care quality & performance, Health & welfare expenditure, Primary health care	Impacts of COVID-19 on Medicare Benefits Scheme and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme service use 17 Dec 2020	GCCSA
Heart, stroke & vascular diseases	Atrial fibrillation in Australia 18 Nov 2020	PHN
Homelessness services, Housing assistance	Specialist homelessness services annual report 11 Dec 2020	SA4
Homelessness services	Specialist Homelessness Services Collection data cubes 2011–12 to 2019–20 11 Dec 2020	PHN, SA2, SA3, SA4, GCCSA, LGA
Hospitals, Health care quality & performance, Primary health care	Use of emergency department and GP services, 2013–14 to 2015–16 17 Aug 2017	PHN, SA3
Illicit use of drugs, Alcohol, Smoking	National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2016: detailed findings 28 Sep 2017	PHN, SA4
Immunisation, Children & youth	NPEV: performance report 2019–20 25 May 2021	SA3
Immunisation, Children & youth, Health care quality & performance, Primary health care	HPV immunisation rates in 2015–16 22 Mar 2018	PHN, SA4
Immunisation, Children & youth, Health care quality & performance, Primary health care	Immunisation rates for children in 2016–17 22 Mar 2018	PHN, SA3, SA4, Postcode
Indigenous Australians, Eye health	Indigenous eye health measures 2021 1 Sep 2021	PHN, SA3, IREG
Indigenous Australians, Eye health	Indigenous eye health measures 2021: in brief 1 Sep 2021	PHN, SA3
Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australians, Primary health care	Indigenous health checks and follow-ups 2 Jul 2021	PHN, SA3
Indigenous Australians, Mothers & babies	Spatial variation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's access to 4 types of maternal hea 20 Nov 2017	PHN
Indigenous Australians, Rural & remote Australians, Workforce	Spatial distribution of the supply of the clinical health workforce 2014: relationship to the distri 28 Nov 2016	PHN, SA3
Injury, Hospitals, Rural & remote Australians	Geographical analysis of hospitalised injury and injury deaths data, 2017–18 31 Aug 2021	PHN
Life expectancy & deaths, Rural & remote Australians	Mortality Over Regions and Time (MORT) books 25 Jun 2021	PHN, SA3, SA4, GCCSA, LGA
Life expectancy & deaths, Health care quality & performance	Life expectancy and potentially avoidable deaths in 2015–2017 2 Aug 2019	PHN, SA3
Mental health services, Mental health services	Mental health services in Australia 14 Oct 2021	PHN, SA3
Mothers & babies	Australia's mothers and babies 18 Nov 2021	PHN, SA3
Mothers & babies	National Core Maternity Indicators 18 Nov 2021	PHN, SA3
Mothers & babies, Men & women	Older Mothers in Australia 2019 5 Aug 2021	PHN, SA3
Mothers & babies, Men & women	Stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia 2017–2018 10 Jun 2021	PHN
Mothers & babies	Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief 29 May 2020	PHN
Mothers & babies, Health care quality & performance, Primary health care	Child and maternal health in 2014–2016 25 Oct 2018	PHN, SA3, SA4
Mothers & babies	Teenage mothers in Australia 2015 2 May 2018	PHN, SA3
Overweight & obesity, Children & youth, Men & women, Risk factors	Overweight and obesity: an interactive insight 27 Nov 2020	PHN
Overweight & obesity, Health care quality & performance, Risk factors	Overweight and obesity rates across Australia 2014–15 7 Jun 2018	PHN
Primary health care, Health & welfare expenditure, Health care quality & performance	Medicare-subsidised GP, allied health and specialist health care across local areas: 2019–20 to 2020 27 Oct 2021	PHN, SA3
Primary health care	Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 27 Aug 2021	PHN
Primary health care, Hospitals, Health care quality & performance	Use of emergency departments for lower urgency care: 2015–16 to 2018–19 2 Jul 2020	PHN, SA3
Primary health care	Patient experiences in Australia by small geographic areas in 2017–18 25 Feb 2020	PHN
Primary health care, Hospitals, Health care quality & performance	Potentially preventable hospitalisations in Australia by age groups and small geograph 14 Nov 2019	PHN, SA3
Primary health care, Health care quality & performance	Coordination of health care – experiences with GP care among patients 2016 26 Jul 2018	PHN
Risk factors, Alcohol, Health care quality & performance, Physical activity, Primary health care, Risk factors, Smoking	Health risk factors in 2014–15 30 Nov 2017	PHN

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1. Where the report is part of a series or has updated a previous release, only the latest edition is listed.

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