The Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research (BCARR) undertakes research and provides economic and data analysis on communications, arts, cities and regions to support evidence-based policy development and advice.

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Communications

See our research and analysis of the communications and media sectors.

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Arts

View our research and analysis of the arts sector and cultural and creative parts of the economy.

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Regions and Cities

The economic and social characteristics of Australia’s regions and cities vary significantly. Our spatial research and analysis improves our understanding of these differences and enables location appropriate development.

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Data Dashboards

Our data dashboards provide an interactive way of monitoring, measuring, analysing, and generating insights from different datasets.

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Publications

FAQ: Cultural and Creative Activity in Australia, 2009–10 to 2018–19

This document provides further information on the analysis of cultural and creative activity, including how cultural and creative activity is measured. This information is presented in a Frequently Asked Questions format.

At a glance: Cultural and Creative Activity estimates, 2009–10 to 2018–19

This document outlines the key findings from the tables and figures shown in the BCARR visual summary document: Cultural and creative activity in Australia, 2009–10 to 2018–19.

Visual summary: Cultural and Creative Activity in Australia, 2009–10 to 2018–19

This document provides updated estimates of cultural and creative activity for the period 2009–10 to 2018–19. The updates are presented as a visual summary.

Working paper—Economic impact of ubiquitous high speed broadband: agriculture sector

This paper estimates the benefits of the agriculture sector's access to ubiquitous, high-speed broadband.

International comparison of fixed broadband performance—data consumption

This fact sheet describes trends and data relevant to the volume of data on fixed broadband connections in Australia, including in comparison to international peers.

Monitoring the impact of Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) services on the Australian content market—Overview paper

This document summarises some of the developments in the content market and outlines the structure of the interactive Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) Chart Pack published by the Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research.

Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) February 2021 statistical snapshot

This document outlines some high level findings from the interactive Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) Chart Pack published by the Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research.

Measuring Australia's fixed broadband performance—compendium

This document consolidates the factsheets on Australia’s fixed broadband performance that have been released in 2020 by the Bureau of Communications and Arts Research.

International comparison of fixed broadband performance—Migration to higher speed plans

This fact sheet describes trends and data relevant to the migration to higher speed fixed broadband services in Australia, including how Australia fares compared to international peers.

Measuring Australia’s fixed broadband performance

This fact sheet describes shortcomings with existing measures of broadband performance and outlines an approach to robustly assess Australia’s fixed broadband performance.