--- title: Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia, 1975 onwards resource: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/ publisher: Australian Bureau of Statistics licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-03 rows: 4500 fields: 7 source: https://data.api.abs.gov.au/rest/data/ABS,BIRTHS_SUMMARY,1.0.0/all?format=csvfilewithlabels source_sha256: 9427e0daca912a87bfbc18bff4ede80d7c7be33e7d83cea2059ab8a7419109aa language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia, 1975 onwards Births registered each year since 1975 in each state and territory, with male and female births, nuptial and ex-nuptial births, the crude birth rate and the sex ratio, from the ABS. Updated yearly. Published by Australian Bureau of Statistics under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. 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Also called: Births per year Australia, Crude birth rate by state, Births in NSW, Victoria and Queensland by year, Registered births summary ABS. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.csv (299 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.xlsx (141 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.json (628 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.parquet (24 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.sqlite (365 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.ndjson (624 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.arrow (76 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.csv.gz (30 KB) Pinned version 2026-10-03: `https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-births-by-state/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-births-by-state/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-births-by-state/rows?year=eq.2024&measure=eq.Births&state_code=neq.AUS&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-births-by-state/aggregate?group=state&metric=sum.value&year=eq.2024&measure=eq.Births&state_code=neq.AUS Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `measure`: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/by/measure/index.json lists 10 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `year` | integer | TIME_PERIOD | | | `state_code` | string | REGION | | | `state` | string | Region | | | `measure_code` | string | MEASURE | | | `measure` | string | Measure | | | `value` | number | OBS_VALUE | | | `unit` | string | Unit of Measure | | Key: `year, state_code, measure_code`. ## Versions - 2026-10-03: 4500 rows, 7 fields, sha256 9427e0daca91. https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/history.tar.zst ## Part of ABS registered births - [Registered births by age of mother and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-age-of-mother/) - [Registered births by age of father and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-age-of-father/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/) (NSW) - [Top three names registered for girls by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-female/) (NSW) - [Top three names registered for boys by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-male/) (NSW) - [Births, deaths and marriages registered each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-registrations-monthly/) (NSW) - [Registered deaths by method of disposal each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-disposal-methods-monthly/) (NSW) - [Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/) (Qld) - [Births registered by month, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-month/) (Qld) - [Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/) (Vic) - [Deaths registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/) (Vic) - [Marriages registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-marriages-registered-by-month/) (Vic) - [Births, deaths and marriages registered by calendar year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-calendar-year/) (Vic) - [Birth, death and marriage registrations by month, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-bdm-registrations/) (ACT) ## Attribution and citation Australian Bureau of Statistics, Registered births, summary by state or territory of usual residence, 1975 onwards (BIRTHS_SUMMARY), ABS Data Explorer, sourced 3 October 2026, https://explore.data.abs.gov.au/vis?df[ds]=ABS_ABS_TOPICS&df[id]=BIRTHS_SUMMARY&df[ag]=ABS&df[vs]=1.0.0, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Registered births, summary by state or territory of usual residence, 1975 onwards (BIRTHS_SUMMARY), ABS Data Explorer, sourced 3 October 2026, https://explore.data.abs.gov.au/vis?df[ds]=ABS_ABS_TOPICS&df[id]=BIRTHS_SUMMARY&df[ag]=ABS&df[vs]=1.0.0, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/ Harvard: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2026) Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia, 1975 onwards, version 2026-10-03 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/ Markdown: Data: [ABS registered births](https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer), Australian Bureau of Statistics, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 4,500 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia cover? The current version covers 1975 to 2024. Each release from ABS becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia updated? ABS releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia? No. The publisher is Australian Bureau of Statistics, and its page is https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one measure? Every version has one JSON file per value of measure, 10 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/by/measure/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/v/2026-10-03/by/measure/births.json holds the 450 rows where measure is Births. ### What is in each row? One measure for one state or territory of usual residence, or Australia, in one year of registration since 1975. The measures are the number of births, male and female births, nuptial and ex-nuptial births, the estimated population, the crude birth rate per 1,000 people and the sex ratio of male births per 100 female births. ### Can I add the measures together? Each row is a different quantity, and the measure column says what it is. Sum only the rows of one count measure, such as Births across the states, and never add a rate or the sex ratio. ### Is the year the year of birth? It is the year the birth was registered. The state is the mother's state or territory of usual residence. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/au-births-by-state.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/au-births-by-state.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.