Secondary data are not available from ABS Agricultural and Population censuses for economic indicators and measures at a scale matching the NSW water sharing plan (WSP) regions. NSW DPE – Water purchased customised data for all WSP regions from 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 ABS censuses.

The dataset contains following anonymised census data for each of the WSP regions:

• Agricultural commodity data for 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021
• Water use data for 2011, 2016 and 2021
• Gross value of irrigated agricultural production data for 2016 and 2021
• Employment by industry and occupation for 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021
• Population by age distribution for 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021
• Aboriginal population, families, dwellings for 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021
• Average weekly earnings, full time, part time for 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021
• Interstate and regional migration (where possible) for 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021
• Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) including its component scores (subject to high standard errors depending on the size of the custom region) for 2006, 2011 and 2016

Note: File Notes on ABS data by NSW water sharing plan regions.docx provides a comprehensive overview of the data's limitations that must be taken into consideration when using it..