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2006 Census: DataPacks Updates and corrections

ProductKnown error or issueProposed actionDate corrected
Working Population Profile R2.0A problem has been found with both the Census2006_geog_desc.xls and Census2006_geog_hier_update.csv files in the 'Metadata' folder. The problem arises as the Capital City and State/Territory Undefined dumpcodes have not been included and poses a problem for when the user is matching the geocodes and descripters to the WPP csv files from that of the files noted above. The issues are as follows:
1. There are no SD, SSD, JWSLA or LGA Capital City and State/Territory Undefined dumpcodes included in the Census2006_geog_hier_update.csv file.
2. The SD, SSD and LGA Capital City and State/Territory Undefined dumpcodes have also been omitted from the Census2006_geog_desc.xls file.
3. However, the JWSLA for Capital City and State/Territory Undefined dumpcodes are included in the Census2006_geog_desc.xls file.
These files have since been corrected and are available to DataPack users via zip file over email. For corrected files email client.services@abs.gov.au with 'WPP Update' in the subject field, and place your full name and organisation into the body of the email.25/06/2009
Place of Enumeration profile
R2.0
In the PEP2006_cell_desc_dp.xls file, the following Cell_desc_short values should end in P or F, not M. The affected cells are:
P4918
P4919
P4921
P4922
P7219
P7220
These files have since been corrected and are available to DataPack users via zip file over email. For corrected files email client.services@abs.gov.au with 'PEP Update' in the subject field, and place your full name and organisation into the body of the email.29/10/2008
Time Series Profile
R2.0
In the TSP2006_cell_desc_dp.xls file, the following Cell_desc_short values should contain 20_24, not 15_19. The affected cells are:
T1795
T1939
T2083

In the TSP2006_cell_desc_dp.xls file, there are 1404 Cell_desc_short values between T11602 and T13101 that should contain the correct age range 20_24, not 15_19.
These files have since been corrected and are available to DataPack users via zip file over email. For corrected files email client.services@abs.gov.au with 'TSP Update' in the subject field, and place your full name and organisation into the body of the email.29/10/2008
Expanded Community Profile
R2.0
In the XCP2006_cell_desc_dp.xls file, the following Cell_desc_short values should contain the correct respondent gender (=P), not F. The affected cells are:
X4480 - X4485

In the XCP2006_cell_desc_dp.xls file, the following Cell_desc_short values should contain the correct abbreviation for total (after Field) being TOT, not NS. The affected cells are:
X14223 - X14232 & X14373 - X14382
These files have since been corrected and are available to DataPack users via zip file over email. For corrected files email client.services@abs.gov.au with 'XCP Update' in the subject field, and place your full name and organisation into the body of the email.29/10/2008
Basic Community Profile R2.0CSV Data
For Collection District the WA tables 22 A and 22 B are populated with 0's. These tables should be populated with numerical data.

The SA and WA UCL files are WA and vise-versa. These have been renamed, ie: the file 'UCL_SA_B01.csv' to UCL_WA_B01.csv' and vise versa.

For SSC, tables B42 and 43 are missing approximately 40 SSC's.

For all geographies table B38 is to be updated. Data values that contribute to the table will change.

Metadata

For file: BCP2006_cell_desc_dp_R2.xls

The letter 'm' was attached to data variables that should be 'persons' in the metadata file:

Cells misaligned with DataPack cell counts for table splits.
Cells B6422 is the ending of Table 42 (B) and cell 6423 is the start of Table 42 (C)
Cells B6622 is the ending of Table 42 (C) and cell 6623 is the start of Table 42 (D)
The corrected files are available to DataPack users via zip file over email.
For corrected files email client.services@abs.gov.au with 'BCP R2 Update' in the subject field, and place your full name and organisation into the body of the email.

Corrected files were included in the 2.1 release Basic Community DataPack, which were available from December 2007.
23/11/2007
Time Series Profile R1.2T02: Some Median Values are incorrect due to errors in 3 geographic concordances between '96 and '01.

T14: Was calculated with incorrect perturbation and additivity leading to incorrect values in the data.

T18: The 'HIND' recode was incorrect leading to table T18 displaying 'incorrect' data.
These files have since been corrected and are available to DataPack users via zip file over email. For corrected files email client.services@abs.gov.au with 'TSP Update' in the subject field, and place your full name and organisation into the body of the email.

Corrected files are included in the 2nd release Time Series DataPack, which was available from November2007.
23/10/07
Expanded Community Profile R1.0The metadata files 'XCP2006_FRP_seq.xls' and 'XCP2006_cell_desc.xls' are out of sequence with one another, eg:

Example 1:
Table X03C in the 'FRP_seq' file has more columns than the 'cell_desc' metadata file.

Example 2:
Table X04 in the 'cell_desc' metadata file is missing values for split tables up to the 198th cell in table C.

Example 3:
Cell difference of almost 200 between the 'FRP_seq' file and the 'cell_desc' file from Expanded community metadata:
Cell Descriptor file & comments
  • XCP2006_cell_desc_dp.xls
  • Last cell is X16856
  • 1st Release last cell is X12687
Sequence File & comments
  • XCP2006_FRP_seq.xls
  • Last cell is X16845
  • 1st Release last cell is X12492
These files have been corrected and are available via zip file over email. For corrected files email client.services@abs.gov.au with 'XCP Update' in the subject field, and place your full name and organisation into the body of the email.

Corrected files were included in the 2nd release Expanded Community DataPack, which was available fro November 2007.
23/10/07

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