Statistical data

Census data for the United Kingdom
CasWeb via MIMAS 1991 Census Area Statistics - available to University of Sheffield users only
Census Interaction Data Service Origin and destination statistics hosted by the University of Leeds - available to University of Sheffield users only
Census Microdata Unit 1991 SARs (Samples of Anonymised Records) hosted by the Univesity of Manchester - available to University of Sheffield users only
UK BORDERS via EDINA Digitised boundary data 1971-1991 - available to University of Sheffield users only
1901 Census of England and Wales online Currently running as a test site
2001 Census First results of the 2001 census

National & international sources
Australian Bureau of Statistcs Including Australian 2001 census
Bureau of Economic Analysis From U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic and Social Data Service Access and support for an extensive range of key economic and social data, both quantitative and qualitative, spanning many disciplines and themes.
Eurostat European Union Statistical Office offers limited data free of charge
IndiaStat Socio-economic statistical facts and figures about India
Infonation United Nations service and single country and comparative data
IO Net Gateway to websites of international organisations, many of which contain statistical databases
OECD Range of statistics online - click on the subject from the left hand frame then on the statistics link
Qualidata Catalogues ESRC qualitative non-electronic data
Time Series Data A collection of over 500 time series
U.K. Data archive Gives access to electronic datasets produced by ESRC research projects
U.K. Office for National Statistics Provides free online versions of many of its main statistical publications
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Links to useful statistics web sites
U.S. Census Bureau From U.S. Department of Commerce
World Bank Provides a range of data with emphasis on development matters

Statistical gateways
Data on the net Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogues, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more
Demographic and population statistics on the web Has over 150 links to sources of information worldwide
Foreign Government Data Sources From University of Michigan
Foreign Government Statistics From University of Michigan
Nesstar Includes selected years from General Household Survey, Health Survey for England and British Social Attitudes Surveys
OFFSTATS Lists web sites offering free and easily accessible social, economic and general data from official or similar sources
Statistics and data (Intute) Online resources for statistics and data
U.S. statistical sources arranged by subject From University of Michigan

Support for researchers collecting and processing data
Standard industrial classification Free access to alphabetical and numerical lists
Statistical Reference Datasets Project to improve the accuracy of statistical software by providing reference datasets with certified computational results that enable the objective evaluation of statistical software