CORE: Core Demographics | Core Income | Core Locations | Core Relationships | Core Scoping

Demographic information combined from multiple sources by the ABS. | Income information combined from multiple sources by the ABS. | Location information combined from multiple sources by the ABS. | Relationships informaiton combined from multiple sources by the ABS. | Vitals, residence, and activity information combined from multiple sources by the ABS which can be used to scope the PLIDA population to a point in time.

Defines the five Core modules, their contents, access and supporting documentation.

Dataset summary

Asset

PLIDA

Collection

administrative

Supplier

Multiple

Custodian

Multiple

Reference period

2006 to current

Update frequency

Annual

Products

27

Tables

420

Unique variables

179

Variable occurrences

3,871

Metadata source

PLIDA Data Item List, 19 March 2026

Official information

ABS PLIDA Modular Product

Products and tables

CORE has 27 products covering 420 tables.

Product	Tables	Variables
plidage-core-demog-cb-c11-2006-latest	2	8
plidage-core-demog-cb-c16-2006-latest	2	8
plidage-core-demog-cb-c21-2006-latest	2	8
plidage-core-demog-cb-nc-2006-latest	2	8
plidage-core-demog-ss-c11-2006-latest	10	16
plidage-core-demog-ss-c16-2006-latest	10	16
plidage-core-demog-ss-c21-2006-latest	10	16
plidage-core-demog-ss-nc-2006-latest	8	15
plidage-core-income-cb-annual	36	24
plidage-core-income-cb-weekly	22	21
plidage-core-income-ss-annual	61	83
plidage-core-income-ss-weekly	22	10
plidage-core-locat-cb-2006-latest	3	17
plidage-core-locat-ss-2006-latest	11	18
plidage-core-relat-cb-c11-2006-latest	13	18
plidage-core-relat-cb-c16-2006-latest	13	18
plidage-core-relat-cb-c21-2006-latest	13	20
plidage-core-relat-cb-nc-2006-latest	13	20
plidage-core-relat-ss-c11-2006-latest	11	28
plidage-core-relat-ss-c16-2006-latest	11	28
plidage-core-relat-ss-c21-2006-latest	11	30
plidage-core-relat-ss-nc-2006-latest	7	13
plidage-core-scope-acti-cb-2006-latest	4	3
plidage-core-scope-acti-ss-2006-latest	10	8
plidage-core-scope-resi-erp-2006-latest	35	3
plidage-core-scope-resi-pp-2006-latest	76	4
plidage-core-scope-vitals-cb-2006-latest	2	6

Variables

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