--- title: Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland, latest year resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/ publisher: Department of Justice licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-03-26 rows: 397 fields: 2 source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/610e7ac0-ba60-4c67-8e99-7c57f3659f6a/resource/8fd9823e-15ac-460f-827e-284909b9e141/download/2025-births-by-mothers-postcode.csv source_sha256: 896307bae8331d9bf335d30cb7b7499f3e6ad39d301cc9a8babfa41b42ddea76 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland, latest year The number of births registered in Queensland in the newest published year for each postcode of the mother's usual residence, where the count is 5 or more. Published by Department of Justice under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Justice has not endorsed this site. Also called: Births by mother's postcode Queensland, Number of births by postcode QLD, Queensland birth registrations by suburb postcode. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.csv (4.1 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.xlsx (13 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.json (20 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.parquet (6.9 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.sqlite (45 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.ndjson (19 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.arrow (6.1 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.csv.gz (1.5 KB) Pinned version 2026-03-26: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/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/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/aggregate?group=postcode&metric=sum.births_registered 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/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `postcode` | string | Postcode | Postcode of the mother's usual residence. Kept as text. | | `births_registered` | integer | Transactions | | Key: `postcode`. ## Versions - 2026-03-26: 397 rows, 2 fields, sha256 896307bae833. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/history.tar.zst ## Part of Births, deaths and baby names registered in Queensland - [Top 100 baby names, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-top-baby-names/) - [Top 100 baby names by year, Queensland, 1960 to 2005](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-top-baby-names-1960-2005/) - [Births registered by month, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-month/) - [Deaths registered by month, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/) - [Deaths registered by suburb, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-suburb/) - [Deaths registered by residential postcode and quarter, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-postcode-and-quarter/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [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) - [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) - [Registered births by age of mother and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-age-of-mother/) (Cth) - [Registered births by age of father and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-age-of-father/) (Cth) - [Registered births, birth rate and sex ratio by state, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-state/) (Cth) - [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) ## Attribution and citation Department of Justice, Queensland Government, Births by mothers postcode, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/births-by-mothers-postcode, 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: Department of Justice, Queensland Government, Births by mothers postcode, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/births-by-mothers-postcode, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/ Harvard: Department of Justice (2026) Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland, latest year, version 2026-03-26 [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/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/ Markdown: Data: [Births, deaths and baby names registered in Queensland](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/births-by-mothers-postcode), Department of Justice, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/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 Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 397 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/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/v/2026-03-26/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland updated? Justice releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland 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 Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland? No. The publisher is Department of Justice, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/births-by-mothers-postcode. 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. ### What is in each row? One postcode of the mother's usual residence, with the number of births registered in the newest year the registry has published. The registry lists postcodes from the most births to the fewest. ### Why are some postcodes missing? The registry publishes only counts of 5 or more, so a postcode with fewer than 5 births in the year is left out of its file. A missing postcode does not mean no births. ### Why are there New South Wales postcodes? The postcode is the mother's usual residence. A birth in Queensland to a mother who lives in northern New South Wales is counted under her own postcode, such as 2486 for Tweed Heads. ## 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/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.