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Preparing for the Census 2021 data release
It’s no small task to process the huge amount of Census data into local insights. Continuing the story of our Census 2021 preparation, Glenn shares some behind the scenes tales of how .id approaches this complex job.
Using Census data to understand changing community diversity
Daniel walks through our work reviewing categorisations for birthplace, ancestry, language and religion topics for our demographic information tools. This blog is part of our ongoing series sharing our work...
Interpreting Census data at the local level
Seven months out from first the release of 2021 Census data, we’re already working to ensure insights from this key demographic dataset are available to our partners in local government and related...
Update on the 2021 Census collection – 13 September
In this post, Glenn updates us on the latest Census tally figures from the ABS. How is the Census response rate tracking? How do unoccupied dwellings affect this story?
Update on the 2021 Census collection
Our Census expert, Glenn, gives an update on where the Census collection sits two weeks after Census night.
Census Crystal Ball Gazing 2021: what will the Census show?
With Census Day 2021 just passed, Glenn Capuano – demographer and .id’s Census expert – lays out his top predictions for the results of this pandemic-era survey of Australia’s population.
Happy Census Day 2021!
To mark Census Day 2021, Glenn Capuano gives us a recap and update on where things sit with the Census – and reminds everyone to fill in your Census form!
Census in lockdown – what does it mean?
In the wake of the announcement of Victoria’s 6th lockdown – with Sydney, the NSW Hunter Region and South East Queensland already in lockdown – it’s clear that large segments of the Australian population will...
What’s new for Census 2021
In just over a month, the 18th national Census of Population and Housing will happen. Census night is August 10th, 2021. In a previous post, Glenn went through some of the background to Census, why we have it,...
Census 2021 refresher
Ahead of August’s Australian Census, our resident Census expert has put together a Census refresher, answering all those questions you were too afraid to ask. Do I have to fill it out on the night? When do we...
Changes to topics in the 2021 Census
After a long consultation and investigation period, the ABS has confirmed changes to the questions that will be asked in the upcoming Australian Census. Glenn Capuano, our resident Census expert, explores the...
Coober Pedy – a look at the underground town’s Community Profile
.id’s Community Profile (profile.id) is not just for larger councils. In recent years a number of small rural communities have joined the profile.id community, for the flexibility it has in demonstrating the...
ABS looks to administrative data to fill the Census gaps
The Census is a massive, complicated undertaking. In this blog, Glenn takes a look at how the ABS has been exploring the use of administrative data to improve the Census response rate and the Census count, and...
Can you run a Census in a pandemic?
The 2021 Census in Australia could be our most important ever, as it can show the effect of all the changes taking place in Australia right now, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We run a Census every 5...
Citizenship in the Census
In light of the current controversy over the inclusion of a citizenship question in the 2020 US Census, Glenn points out a citizenship question has been part of the Australian Census since 1911, and, using this...
Australia's population growth slows (a little)
Glenn’s analysis of the latest population figures reveals interesting trends for the nation, as well as for Victoria, Tasmania, the NT and ACT, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. Ok..everywhere...
It’s 2019! Is Census data outdated?
About this time each Census cycle we sometimes get the question ‘Isn’t the data from the last Census a bit outdated?’. In this piece, we discuss why – in Census terms – 2016 isn’t long ago (and why that’s...
ABS to remove ‘number of cars’ from 2021 Census (and other topic changes)
The ABS will be removing the ‘number of motor vehicles’ topic from the 2021 Census, along with a number of other changes that will be significant to people in the local government sector, including some...
Your top requests: questions for the 2021 Census
Do you use data on disability, volunteering, travel-to-work/education, long-term health conditions, domestic work or car ownership?
Census 2021 consultation – call for topic suggestions
Is the Census missing something? If you follow our blog, it’s likely you read and enjoy the fruits of the Census. But do you think the Census is missing something? Is there a part of our community that’s being...
What questions should be asked on the next Census?
It seems like only yesterday the 2016 Census was happening, and indeed the final topics from the Census are still being released. But the ABS has just announced that consultation for the next Census in 2021 has...
