Welcome to Software Australia

Software Australia is the new community to support Australia's rapidly growing commercial software industry that's home to nearly 9,000 and 160,000 people.

Our goal is simple - To empower and elevate Australian innovation.

So whether you're building a platform, a software buyer, consumer, user, running a development shop, an entrepreneur, business leader, employee, practitioner, investor, associated service provider or you just want to learn more about the industry that will power the next generation of productivity, efficiency and capability, this is the community for you.

Software is everywhere today. Whether that's a SaaS platform, AI, mobile app or embedded in hardware, software governs just about every aspect of our lives.

By 2030, and average Australian business will spend as much as $3,000 each year on each of their employees just to help them do their job. Globally, the software industry will be worth $1 trillion USD and it's growing at over 10%. It will have doubled in size again long before 2040.

Around 9,000 businesses and 160,000 people now called the Australian software industry their home, our 2.4 million businesses can't run with out it, and in FY 23-24 nearly 1% of all new ventures related to software in someway.

Software is the future and with our World leading education, wealth and enviable lifestyle, Australia has all the ingredients required to become a global digital leader.