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ausdata.io — Australian Public Data MCP server

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Australian public data (ABS, RBA, ATO + 6 more) via the ausdata.io gateway. Free tier, no card.

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  • bank_deposit_share

    Returns the AU bank-deposit market-share snapshot — APRA Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADI) statistics aggregated by parent group. Single call answers 'who holds the deposits in Australia right now?'. Sources APRA. Returns deposit totals per ADI, market-share percentages, and the top-N concentration (Big Four share). Useful for banking-competition and concentration-risk analysis.

  • cost_of_living

    Get the AU cost-of-living snapshot in one call. Returns ABS Selected Living Cost Indexes (SLCI) for the 5 household types (Employee, Age pensioner, Other government transfer recipient, Self-funded retiree, Pensioner & beneficiary) plus headline CPI for comparison. Use this when an agent is asked 'how much are living costs rising for retirees vs workers?'.

  • cpi_by_city

    Get ABS Monthly CPI annual change broken down by capital city × top expenditure groups (housing, food, transport). Use this when an agent is asked 'is the cost of living rising faster in Brisbane than Sydney?' or 'which capital city has the worst inflation?'. Returns city-by-category annual CPI deltas for comparison. (Renamed from regional_cost_of_living to match the gateway 0.7.19 rename — the ol

  • describe_dataset

    Returns the schema of a curated Australian government dataset: the available dimensions (filters), valid values per dimension, units, frequency, and source URL. Use this when get_data returns an 'Unknown filter' or 'Unknown value' error — the response tells you exactly which filter keys and values are accepted.

  • economic_dashboard

    Get the 5 headline AU economic indicators in one call: RBA cash rate, ABS CPI, unemployment, wage growth, and housing lending growth. Use this when an agent needs a macro economic snapshot. Cross-sources RBA + ABS in one query. Replaces 5 separate sister-MCP calls.

  • gender_pay_contextwrite action

    Get the AU gender pay gap with industry context in one call. Combines WGEA national + industry gender pay gap data with ABS labour-force composition. Use this when an agent is asked 'what's the pay gap in <industry>?' or comparing AU industries on gender equity. Cross-sources WGEA + ABS.

  • get_data

    Generic accessor for any curated Australian government dataset. Use search_datasets first to find the dataset_id, then call this with filters. Two input forms are accepted: dotted (`dataset_id='abs.CPI_MONTHLY'`) OR split (`source='abs', dataset_id='CPI_MONTHLY'`). Period format depends on the dataset: YYYY-MM for monthly, YYYY-Qn for quarterly, YYYY for annual. Example: dataset_id='abs.LF', filte

  • health

    Check the ausdata.io API is reachable and your API key is valid. Useful for debugging MCP connection issues. Returns the server status, API version, and your remaining quota.

  • housing_affordability

    Get the AU housing affordability snapshot: median dwelling price, household income, price-to-income ratio, mortgage serviceability at the current cash rate, and rent burden. Use this when an agent is asked 'is Australian housing more unaffordable than it was?'. Cross-sources ABS + RBA.

  • inflation_decomposition

    Returns the AU CPI inflation decomposition — headline CPI broken down by ABS expenditure group (housing, food, transport, recreation, etc.) plus contribution-to-total-inflation in percentage points. Single call answers 'what is actually driving inflation right now?'. Sources ABS CPI. Returns the top contributors ranked by contribution, alongside YoY growth per group. Useful for monetary-policy com

  • list_datasets

    Enumerate every curated dataset a source exposes (e.g. all ABS datasets, all RBA tables). Use this for surveying what's available before picking one to describe or fetch. Pairs with search_datasets (free-text discovery), describe_dataset (schema), and get_data (fetch).

  • real_mortgage_rate

    Returns the current real (inflation-adjusted) standard variable mortgage rate — RBA owner-occupier standard variable rate minus ABS CPI annual change. Single call answers 'are mortgage holders paying a real cost above inflation?'. Cross-sources RBA F-tables + ABS. Returns nominal mortgage rate, CPI annual change, the computed real rate, and a borrower-stance flag (real_cost_positive vs negative).

  • real_savings_rate

    Returns the current real (inflation-adjusted) bank term-deposit / savings rate — RBA retail deposit rate minus ABS CPI annual change. Single call answers 'are savers being compensated for inflation?'. Cross-sources RBA + ABS. Returns nominal savings rate, CPI annual change, the computed real savings rate, and a saver-stance flag (positive_real_return vs eroding).

  • real_wages

    Get Australian real wages time series (Wage Price Index minus CPI). The flagship 'Greg Jericho chart' — published weekly by AU economic commentators. Returns nominal wage growth, CPI annual change, and the computed gap for each quarter in the range. Example: range 2019-Q1 to 2024-Q4 to see the post-pandemic real wages collapse.

  • release_pulse

    Returns the AU data-release pulse — a high-signal summary of the upcoming economic release calendar across ABS, RBA, APRA, AEMO and friends, ranked by market-moving importance. Use this when an agent is asked 'what data drops this week?' or 'when's the next big print?'. Differs from `releases` (the raw calendar) by ranking events by impact and grouping by week. Sources cross-agency calendars.

  • releases

    Get the upcoming AU economic release calendar: ABS publication dates, RBA board meeting dates, and other scheduled data releases in the next N days. Use this when an agent is asked 'when is the next CPI release?' or 'when is the RBA next deciding on rates?'. Cross-sources ABS + RBA calendars.

  • search_datasets

    Search the catalog of curated Australian government datasets. Returns matched datasets with their IDs, sources, and example queries. Use this when you don't know the exact dataset_id for the data you need. Examples: 'unemployment nsw', 'housing approvals', 'cash rate'.

  • state_employment_snapshot

    Returns the employed-persons headcount per AU state/territory from the ABS Labour Force survey — one row per jurisdiction. Answers 'how many people are employed in <state>?' across all eight states/territories. Pass a single state code to focus on one, or omit for all eight. (Renamed from state_fiscal_snapshot in gateway 0.7.68: the endpoint returns employment, not fiscal/GFS data — the old 'fisca

  • trade_balance

    Get the current AU trade balance: exports minus imports, with top trading partners and surplus/deficit trend. Use this when an agent is asked 'is Australia running a trade surplus?' or 'who are Australia's biggest trade partners?'. Sources ABS International Trade.

  • wage_vs_rent_gap

    Compares ABS Wage Price Index (WPI) annual growth against ABS rents-component CPI annual growth — single call answers 'are rents outpacing wages?'. Returns nominal wage growth, rent growth, the gap in percentage points, and a direction flag (rents_outpacing_wages vs wages_keeping_pace). Useful for affordability narrative — when negative, real housing-cost pressure is mounting.

  • youth_unemployment

    Get the current AU youth (15-24) unemployment rate vs the overall rate, with the gap and trend. Use this when an agent is asked 'how bad is youth unemployment in Australia?' or comparing youth labour market conditions to the broader workforce. Sources ABS Labour Force.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-23 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

1 high
  • Code scan59 source files scanned25/25
  • –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
  • –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
  • Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
  • Maintenancerepository archived0/15
  • Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; GitHub account older than a year; website matches verified namespace7/10

Findings (1)

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Overall 58/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

What the publisher says

From the ausdata.io — Australian Public Data repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

ausdata-mcp

mcp-name: io.ausdata/ausdata-mcp

MCP server for the Australian public data API. Plug into Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any other MCP client and get one-call access to 100+ curated Australian government datasets across 9 sources.

Install

Add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ausdata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ausdata-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AUSDATA_API_KEY": "ak_xxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get a free API key at https://ausdata.io (500 calls/month on the free tier, no credit card).

Tools exposed

Example agent prompts

Once the MCP is connected, try asking your agent:

  • "What's the latest RBA cash rate and how does it compare to a year ago?"
  • "Show me the real wages trend since 2019."
  • "Search for AU housing approval data and pull the last 2 years for NSW."

Configuration

Errors

Every tool returns MCP-formatted errors that AI agents can read and recover from:

  • Missing key → Set AUSDATAAPIKEY in your MCP config. Get a free key at https://ausdata.io
  • 401 → reauth hint
  • 403 → upgrade hint
  • 429 → retry-after seconds
  • 5xx → "try again, status page is at..."

The ausdata.io ecosystem

Part of a family of MCP servers + a hosted API for Australian public data:

  • Sister MCPs (free, MIT): abs · rba · ato · apra · aihw · asic · aemo · au-weather · wgea
  • Hosted API + cross-source endpoints: ausdata.io
  • Python SDK: pip install ausdataio · Node MCP: npx -y ausdata-mcp

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

This client is independent of the upstream data; each response carries attribution metadata for the underlying ABS / RBA / APRA / AIHW / etc. source under their respective CC-BY licenses.

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm test
npm run lint

Source lives in src/. Tool definitions are in src/tools/. The HTTP routing layer is src/client.ts — it does NOT parse responses, that's the API server's job.

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Install directly

Runs npx -y ausdata-mcp on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

claude mcp add ausdata-mcp -- npx -y ausdata-mcp
Add to Cursor

ausdata.io — Australian Public Data: common questions

Is ausdata.io — Australian Public Data MCP server safe?
With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (58/100). Read the ausdata.io — Australian Public Data safety report
How do I install ausdata.io — Australian Public Data?
It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does ausdata.io — Australian Public Data need an API key?
Yes. The registry entry asks for AUSDATA_API_KEY.
Is ausdata.io — Australian Public Data maintained?
The last commit was 40 days ago (2026-08-15). The latest release is v0.4.5.

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