Census in Australia

Census In Australia

A census of the population of Australia is taken every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Censuses were held in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933, 1947, and 1954, and the five-year period was introduced in 1961. The 2011 census was taken on 9 August 2011. Participation in the census is compulsory. The census counts all people who spend census night within Australia and its external and internal territories other than Norfolk Island, with the exception of foreign diplomats and their families. A separate census of Norfolk Island has been conducted by the Norfolk Island Government every five years since 1981, and occurs on the same day as the Australian census.

The Census and Statistics Act 1905 (Cth) led to the 1906 establishment of the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics (CBCS). The Bureau was renamed the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1975.

Read more about Census In Australia:  Australian Standard Geographical Classification, Privacy, Destruction of Census Forms, Counting Indigenous Australians, Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups, 1828, 1881, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1971, 1976, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, Manpower Censuses

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