Australian census
Are homeless people counted in the Census?
We commonly get asked how homeless people are counted in the Census. Many councils have specific policies addressing the needs of the homeless, and accurate data is difficult to come by. The short answer is, yes, they are counted in the...
Beyond the Count – inside the ABS Census conference
A crew from .id (Ivan, Simone, Glenn and Lailani) attended and presented at the two day Beyond the Count conference (3-4 March) held by the ABS to promote the use of Census data. We noticed that not so many of...
What is it like to work on the Census?
The Census is the biggest peacetime recruitment exercise Australia conducts, and Census Collectors are the foot soldiers of the operation. The ABS recently launched their Area Supervisor recruitment campaign....
The new ABS geography standard part 1 – what is it and how does it affect me?
Over the past few years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has been working out a whole new Statistical Geography for Australia.
