BDM Data - Monthly Data | Data.NSW

Monthly Registrations of Births, Deaths & Marriages and Registered of Disposal methods of deceased people in NSW.

NOTE: The data contained in these datasets reflects the total number of REGISTRATIONS completed by BDM, not the number of actual life events that occurred in NSW (e.g. a birth, a death, a marriage)

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REGISTERED Monthly Births, Deaths, and Marriages

This report shows the total number of life events REGISTERED by Births, Deaths and Marriages by month, from January 2015. This data shows the number of life...

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CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: '96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = '96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: '96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=96d3ce10-63c5-407e-a185-dcafa28ed895&q=jones

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REGISTERED Monthly Disposal Methods

This report shows the REGISTERED disposal methods of deceased people in NSW by month from January 2015. "Other Method" includes Repatriated, Body Donation,...

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CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: 'ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = 'ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: 'ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=ca7ae52a-b1ef-40d2-b6d6-41281dbf89bf&q=jones

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Field	Value
Title	BDM Data - Monthly Data
Date Published	16/02/2025
Last Updated	10/02/2026
Publisher/Agency	NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Licence	Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency	Monthly
Contact Point	BDM Data Team bdm-data@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Temporal Coverage	01/01/2025 - 31/12/2030
Data Portal	Data.NSW