Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

POPULATION CENSUS DEVELOPMENTS


2016 Census Planning
2011 Census Update (Updated - Apr 2013)


2016 CENSUS PLANNING

Planning for the 2016 Census of Population and Housing is underway, and the ABS invites you to have your say.

The ABS has released a publication proposing directions for Australia's 17th national Census, to be held in 2016.

The publication 2016 Census of Population and Housing: Consultation on content and procedures – ABS (cat. no. 2007.0) outlines initial ABS views on topics and procedures for the 2016 Census.

The ABS has begun a consultation process with Census data users and the general public. The consultation process includes:

• public information sessions where the ABS presented proposed directions for 2016. (These were held late 2012 )
• a submission period where interested parties can formally submit their feedback and suggestions to the ABS via an online submission form or they can be emailed to the ABS (see 'Making a submission' for more details).

Making a submission

Before making a submission it is important to:

• read the information paper
• make yourself familiar with the guidelines and criteria which each submission will be assessed against
• view the presentation slides found on the 2016 Census page.

Submissions can be made to the ABS up to 31 May 2013.
2011 CENSUS UPDATE

SEIFA 2011 now available

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) is a product developed by the ABS that ranks areas in Australia according to relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage. The indexes are based on information from the five-yearly Census.

SEIFA 2011 is the latest version of this product and consists of four indexes:

• The Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD)
• The Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD)
• The Index of Education and Occupation (IEO)
• The Index of Economic Resources (IER).

Each index is a summary of a different subset of Census variables and focuses on a different aspect of socio-economic advantage and disadvantage. More information about SEIFA can be found on the Census/SEIFA webpage.

Mesh Block Counts now available

Mesh block counts for usual resident population and dwellings are now available to be downloaded from our website. You can download these as Excel or CSV files. For more information see the Mesh Block Counts page of the ABS website.

Remaining 2011 release schedule

The third release of Census 2011 data began on 28 March 2013, with products released progressively until the end of 2013. This will finalise all Census data output for the 2011 Census.

March to August: The data in QuickStats, Community Profiles, TableBuilder and DataPacks will be supplemented with data at Remoteness Area level.

September: Census Sample Files (1% and 5%) will be released as Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs).

Final quarter 2013: 5% Statistical Longitudinal Dataset (SLCD) will be released as a CURF.

For more information see the Information Paper: Census of Population and Housing -- Products and Services, 2011 (cat. no. 2011.0.55.001), specifically Chapter 8 and Appendices 10 - 13.