NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2017	28 September 2017
June 2017	14 December 2017
September 2017	22 March 2018
December 2017	21 June 2018
March 2018	20 September 2018
June 2018	20 December 2018

PRELIMINARY REBASED POPULATION ESTIMATES

Population estimates for the recent intercensal period (September 2011 to June 2016) have been updated using information from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Preliminary rebased estimated resident population (ERP) for September 2011 onwards in this publication are now based on the 2016 Census, unless footnoted otherwise.

Final intercensal ERP will be released in the December quarter 2017 issue of this publication. See the Technical Note for further information.


NORFOLK ISLAND

Following the introduction of the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015, the population of Norfolk Island is included in the population of Australia for the first time in this publication.


CHANGES TO OVERSEAS ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, AUSTRALIA (CAT. NO. 3401.0)

Changes to the format of Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0) are planned for the 12 September 2017 release.

Due to planned removal of the Australian outgoing passenger card by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, the ABS reviewed its overseas arrivals and departures statistics, methodology and processing systems. Currently, the focus of the publication is on short-term visitor arrivals and short-term resident departures with trend and seasonally adjusted data provided for both series. The focus of the publication will shift to short-term visitor arrivals and short-term resident returns. Additional information is available in the Notes section of the issue released in May 2017.

It is expected there will be minimal impact to net overseas migration.


RECENT AND UPCOMING RELEASES

Regional Population Growth, Australia 2016 (cat. no. 3218.0) - to be released 28 July 2017.

Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2016 (cat. no. 3235.0) - to be released by 28 August 2017.

Information Paper: Ensuring the Quality of Rebased Population Estimates, 2016 (cat. no. 3250.0) - to be released 28 July 2017.

For further information on recent and upcoming Demography releases, including ERP rebasing timetable, see the Technical Note.


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