2008.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Nature and Content, Australia, 2016

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Preface Introduction Legal authority, confidentiality and privacy Collection operations Processing Results and output Topics to be included in the 2016 Census + Personal topics Name Sex Age Residential status in non-private dwelling Registered marital status Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander origin Usual residence at Census time Internal migration Australian citizenship Country of birth Year of arrival in Australia Country of birth of parents Main language other than English spoken at home Proficiency in spoken English Ancestry Religious affiliation Need for assistance Attendance at an educational institution Highest year of schooling completed Non-school qualifications Number of children ever born Income (individual) Labour force status Status in employment Occupation Public or private employer indicator Workplace address (and Journey to work) Industry of employment Hours worked Method of travel to work Unpaid work + Household and dwelling topics Topic release schedule Census Time Capsule ABS releases information about 2016 Census topics (Media Release) About this Release History of Changes	METHOD OF TRAVEL TO WORK This topic collects information for up to three methods of travel to work on Census day, and is applicable to employed people aged 15 years and over. The data collected from this topic is widely used at the small area level for transport planning, complementing data collected from the workplace address (journey to work) topic. BACKGROUND A question on this topic was asked for the first time in the 1976 Census. It has been repeated in all subsequent Censuses with slight modifications. Since the 2001 Census the response categories of light rail and truck have been added. QUESTION The following question is from the paper 2016 Census Household Form. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.