--- title: Australian Government Department of Social Services open data resource: https://publicdata.au/cth/department-of-social-services/ jurisdiction: Australian Government catalogue_read: 2026-09-28 not_endorsed: true --- # Australian Government Department of Social Services open data Department of Social Services lists 68 datasets on data.gov.au. 5 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read. ## On the portals - [DSS - National Public Toilets (Point) 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-national-public-toilets-2017-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Permanent Settlers by Migration Stream (LGA) 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-lga-settlement-data-2016-lga) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Permanent Settlers by Migration Stream (LGA) 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-lga-settlement-data-2017-lga) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) December 2013](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-dec-2013-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) December 2014](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-dec-2014-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) December 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-dec-2015-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) December 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-dec-2016-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) December 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-dec-2017-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) December 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-dec-2018-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) December 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-dec-2019-lga2018) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) June 2014](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-jun-2014-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) June 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-jun-2015-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) June 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-jun-2016-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) June 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-jun-2017-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) June 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-jun-2018-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) June 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-jun-2019-lga2018) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) June 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-jun-2020-lga2018) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) March 2014](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-mar-2014-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) March 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-mar-2015-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) March 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-mar-2016-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) March 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-mar-2017-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) March 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-mar-2018-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) March 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-mar-2019-lga2018) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) March 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-mar-2020-lga2018) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) September 2013](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-sep-2013-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) September 2014](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-sep-2014-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) September 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-sep-2015-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) September 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-sep-2016-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) September 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-sep-2017-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) September 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-sep-2018-na) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (LGA) September 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-lga-sep-2019-lga2018) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) December 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-dec-2015-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) December 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-dec-2016-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) December 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-dec-2017-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) December 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-dec-2018-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) December 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-dec-2019-sa2-2016) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) June 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-jun-2015-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) June 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-jun-2016-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) June 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-jun-2017-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) June 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-jun-2018-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) June 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-jun-2019-sa2-2016) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) June 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-jun-2020-sa2-2016) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) March 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-mar-2015-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) March 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-mar-2016-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) March 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-mar-2017-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) March 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-mar-2018-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) March 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-mar-2019-sa2-2016) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) March 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-mar-2020-sa2-2016) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) September 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-sep-2015-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) September 2016](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-sep-2016-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) September 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-sep-2017-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) September 2018](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-sep-2018-sa2) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [DSS - Quarterly Payment Recipients (SA2) September 2019](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/au-govt-dss-dss-quarterly-payment-recipients-sa2-sep-2019-sa2-2016) (HTML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2025-07-31) - [Journeys Home](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/journeys-home) (no files; Other (unpublished); updated 2025-04-02) - [DSS Payment Trends and Profile Reports](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payment-trends-and-profile-reports) (DOCX, PDF; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11) - [Grandparents Family Tax Benefit by LGA](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/grandparents-family-tax-benefit-by-lga) (XLSX; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11) - [HACC MDS Annual Bulletin](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/hacc-mds-annual-bulletin) (XLSX; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11) - [Income Support Customers a Statistical Overview Report - Financial Year Reports](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/income-support-customers-a-statistical-overview-report) (CSV, DOC, DOCX, PDF; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11) - [Synthetic Priority Investment Approach Data, 2001 - 2015](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/synthetic-priority-investment-approach-data-2001-2015) (no files; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11) - [Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/household-income-and-labour-dynamics-in-australia-survey) (no files; Other (unpublished); updated 2023-08-09) - [Australian Government Cashless Debit Card Program](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/australian-government-cashless-debit-card-program) (PDF; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-05-31) - [The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/the-longitudinal-study-of-australian-children) (no files; Other (unpublished); updated 2023-04-21) - [DSS Payment Demographic Data for Young Carers](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payment-demographic-data-for-young-carers) (XLSX; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2022-11-28) - [Emergency Relief Provider Counts](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/emergency-relief-provider-counts) (CSV-GEO-AU; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2022-11-28) - [Emergency Relief Provider Outlets](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/emergency-relief-provider-outlets) (CSV-GEO-AU; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2022-11-28) - [Family Tax Benefit Reconciliation Dataset](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/family_tax_benefit_reconciliation_dataset) (XLSX; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2022-11-28) - [Unemployment Benefits Data](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/unemployment-benefits-data) (no files; Other (unpublished); updated 2022-11-28) - [Young Carers dataset by Statistical Area 3_2011](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-young-carers-sa3_2011) (CSV-GEO-AU; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2022-11-28) Full list: https://publicdata.au/cth/department-of-social-services/catalogue.json