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Contents See Standard Australian Classification of Countries. Two persons of the same sex who report a de facto partnership in the relationship question, and who are usually resident in the same household, are a same-sex couple. See also Marital status, Relationship in Household (RLHP). See Household Sample File. See Full/Part-Time Student Status (STUP), Highest Level of Schooling Completed (HSCP), Educational qualification, Type of Educational Institution Attending (TYPP). See Highest Level of Schooling Completed (HSCP), Educational qualification. See Number of Motorbikes and Scooters (MCYCD). The 2001 Census of Population and Housing aims to count every person who spent Census Night, 7 August 2001, in Australia. This includes Australian residents in Antarctica and people in the territories of Jervis Bay, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. The other Australian external territories (Norfolk Island, and minor islands such as Heard and McDonald Islands), are outside the scope of the Australian Census. The only groups of people who spend Census Night in Australia but are excluded from the Census are foreign diplomats and their families, and foreign crew members on ships. The Census includes people on vessels in or between Australian ports, on board long distance trains, buses or aircraft, and on oil or gas rigs off the Australian coast. People entering Australia before midnight on Census Night are counted, while people leaving an Australian port for an overseas destination before midnight on Census Night are not. Visitors to Australia are included regardless of how long they have been in the country or how long they plan to stay. However, for people who will be in Australia less than one year, only basic demographic data are available (for 1996 the period was for less than six months). Detainees under the jurisdiction of the Department of Immigration, in Australian Detention Centres, police lock-ups or hospitals, are in the scope of the Census. For the 2001 Census details are sourced from administrative data, so only basic demographic statistics such as age, sex and marital status are available. All private dwellings, except diplomatic dwellings, are included in the Census, whether occupied or unoccupied. Caravans in caravan parks, manufactured homes in manufactured home estates, and self-care units in accommodation for the retired or aged, are counted only if occupied. Occupied non-private dwellings, such as hospitals, prisons, hotels, etc. are also included. See also Place of enumeration, Place of usual residence, Other Territories, Overseas visitor. See Statistical Division. See Statistical District. If more than one family are living in a dwelling, each family is categorised as being either Primary, Second or Third families. See also Family, Relationship Between Families (FRLF). Second release data are the second part of a two-phase processing, output and dissemination strategy for the Census. For a list of second release variables, see the 2001 Census Release Strategy in the front of this dictionary. This geographical classification uses population counts to define Collection Districts (CDs) as urban or rural and to provide, in aggregate, statistics for urban concentrations and for bounded localities and balance areas. SOS represents an aggregation of non-contiguous geographical areas of a particular urban/rural type. The Sections of State defined include Major Urban (population clusters of 100,000 or more), Other Urban (population clusters of 1,000 to 99,999), Bounded Locality (200 to 999), Rural Balance (remainder of State/Territory) and Migratory, and in aggregate cover the whole of Australia. For more information, refer to Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). Maps can be obtained from ABS Information Consultancy. See also Australian Standard Geographical Classification, Census Geographic Areas, Urban Centre/Locality, Customised mapping service, Information Consultancy, Migratory Collection District. See Employer, Labour force, Labour Force Status/Status in Employment (LFSP), Own account worker. Self-enumeration is the term used to describe the way census data are collected. The census forms are generally completed by householders (or individuals in non-private dwellings) rather than by interviewers, although interviewers are available in some areas if required. The ABS also implements a range of strategies which have been developed to overcome language and cultural barriers. The following Census related services assist the community:
Self-enumeration gives rise to some deficiencies in the reliability of the information collected. Where information is obtained through self-enumeration, interviewers cannot readily clarify issues, and so there is a higher probability that questions will be misunderstood. However, self-enumeration does avoid interviewer bias and is considered to be the most cost-efficient method (in terms of available resources) of collecting information from the very large number of respondents involved in the Census. See Dwelling Structure (STRD). See Dwelling Structure (STRD). This variable records the sex of each person enumerated in the Census as being either male or female. Shift workers who worked the night shift on Census Night and went home when their shift was finished, are counted at their usual residence. See also Temporarily absent. See Migratory Collection District, Dwelling Type (DWTD). Ships in or between Australian ports See Migratory Collection District, Dwelling Type (DWTD). See Lone parent. See Statistical Local Area. See Reference maps. SLA of Usual Residence Census Night (SLAUCP) See Usual residence. SLA of Usual Residence Five Years Ago (SLAU5P) See Usual residence. SLA of Usual Residence One Year Ago (SLAU1P) See Usual residence. See Dwelling Structure (STRD). See Collection District (CD), Census Geographic Areas. See Census Snapshots. These publications are available separately for each Capital City and Major Urban Area. They provide informative and interesting social profiles of characteristics of the population of the city or area as measured at the Census. They present a broad selection of mapped data supported by some analytical text. The atlases present only a subset of the available census information. See also Digital base map data. This variable is a person variable derived from Relationship in Household (RLHP). Social Marital Status (MDCP) shows a person's 'social' marital status and is applicable to all persons aged 15 years and over. Social marital status is the relationship status of an individual with reference to another person who is usually resident in the household. A marriage exists when two people live together as husband and wife, or partners, regardless of whether the marriage is formalised through registration. Individuals are, therefore, regarded as married if they are in a de facto marriage, or if they are living with the person to whom they are registered as married. Where information about same-sex couples is volunteered in the relationship question (Question 5), it is included in the family coding and classified as a partner in a de facto marriage. (See Relationship in Household (RLHP)). The term 'not married', as used in this classification, means neither a registered nor a de facto marriage. This includes persons who live alone, with other family members, and those in shared accommodation. See also Registered Marital Status (MSTP), Marital status. See Individual Income (INCP). See Lone parent. See Section of State. Australian South Sea Islanders are the descendants of South Sea Islanders brought to Australia as indentured labour around the turn of the twentieth century and have been identified by legislation as a disadvantaged minority group. This group excludes later voluntary migrants from the South Pacific region. For the 2001 Census, Australians of South Sea Islander descent, may be identified by cross classifying the Ancestry variable (ANCP) with Birthplace of Individual (BPLP). See also Ancestry (ANCP). See Digital spatial data. See Information Consultancy. See Partner. See Statistical Region. See State Suburb. See Statistical Subdivision. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) is used to classify responses to the 2001 Census question 'In which country was the person born'. The SACC replaces the Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics (ASCCSS), but uses the same underlying principles that were the basis for ASCCSS. The SACC is based on the concept of geographic proximity. It groups neighbouring countries into progressively broader geographic areas based on similar social, cultural, economic and political characteristics. The classification contains three levels. The third level consists of the base units (countries). At this level there are 245 units including five 'not elsewhere classified' (n.e.c.) categories. In addition the census uses 34 'not further defined' (n.f.d.) codes. These codes are used where a response contains insufficient information to be coded to the lowest level of the classification. The second level comprises 27 minor groups, which are groups of neighbouring countries similar in terms of social, cultural, economic and political characteristics. The first level comprises nine major groups which are formed by aggregating geographically proximate minor groups. The following example illustrates the hierarchical structure of the classification: Major Group : 8 Americas The term countries is used to describe the base-level units. Not all of the units classified are fully independent countries. The base-level units of the classification include:
For further information see the ABS publication: Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) (Cat. no. 1269.0), which is also available from our web site www.abs.gov.au under Statistics / Statistical Concepts Library / 1269.0 Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) 1998. See also Birthplace. ASGC State/Territory Code. See Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). Note that Jervis Bay Territory and the external territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are grouped for statistical purposes into a ninth State/Territory category, 'Other Territories'. See Classification counts. State Electoral Division (SED) See Electoral Division. This is a census-specific area where Collection Districts are aggregated to approximate suburbs. It is applicable only to the larger urban centres e.g. Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide, Perth and major towns in Tasmania. For a list of State Suburbs, see Statistical Geography Volume 2: Census Geographic Areas, Australia (Cat. no. 2905.0). Note that the ASGC Statistical Local Areas in Brisbane and other major urban areas in Queensland, Darwin and Canberra are aligned closely with suburbs. For a list of these, see Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). State of Usual Residence Census Night (STEUCP) See Usual residence. State of Usual Residence Five Years Ago (STEU5P) See Usual residence. State of Usual Residence One Year Ago (STEU1P) See Usual residence. A Statistical District (S Dist) is an Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) defined area which bounds a large predominantly urban area outside the Capital City Statistical Divisions (SDs). A S Dist consists of one or more urban centres in close proximity to each other, with a total population of 25,000 or more. The boundaries of S Dists are defined to contain the anticipated urban spread of the area for a period of at least twenty years. S Dists consist of one or more Statistical Subdivisions (SSDs) and may cross Local Government Area (LGA) boundaries. Statistical Districts can, and in three cases do, straddle Statistical Division and State/Territory boundaries. The Gold Coast-Tweed S Dist encompasses an urban area which lies partly in Queensland and partly in New South Wales. The Albury-Wodonga S Dist straddles the New South Wales/Victorian border. The Canberra-Queanbeyan S Dist is partly in the Australian Capital Territory and partly in New South Wales. For a list of Statistical Districts, and their component Statistical Subdivisions and Statistical Local Areas, refer to Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). For maps of these areas contact ABS Information Consultancy. A Statistical Division (SD) is an Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) defined area which represents a large, general purpose, regional type geographic area. SDs represent relatively homogeneous regions characterised by identifiable social and economic links between the inhabitants and between the economic units within the region, under the unifying influence of one or more major towns or cities. They consist of one or more Statistical Subdivisions (SSDs) and cover, in aggregate, the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. They do not cross State or Territory boundaries and are the largest statistical building blocks of States and Territories. In New South Wales, proclaimed New South Wales Government Regions coincide with SDs except for North Coast, which consists of the SDs of Richmond-Tweed and Mid-North Coast. In the remaining States and Territories, SDs are designed in line with the ASGC general purpose regional spatial unit definition. For more information and a list of the Statistical Divisions in each State/Territory, refer to Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). Maps are available from ABS Information Consultancy. See Australian Standard Geographical Classification, Census Geographic Areas. The Statistical Local Area (SLA) is an Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) defined area which consists of one or more Collection Districts (CDs). SLAs are Local Government Areas (LGAs), or parts thereof. Where there is no incorporated body of local government, SLAs are defined to cover the unincorporated areas. SLAs cover, in aggregate, the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. For more information and a list of the Statistical Local Areas in each State/Territory, refer to Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). Maps are available from ABS Information Consultancy. The Statistical Region (SR) is an Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) defined area which has sufficient population to be suitable for the presentation of both population census and labour force statistics within the frameworks for standard statistical outputs from these collections. SRs cover, in aggregate, the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. For more information and a list of the Statistical Regions in each State/Territory, refer to Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). Maps are available from ABS Information Consultancy. The Statistical Subdivision (SSD) is an Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) defined area which represents an intermediate level, general purpose, regional type geographic unit. SSDs consist of one or more Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) and cover, in aggregate, the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. For more information and a list of the Statistical Subdivisions in each State/Territory, refer to Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (Cat. no. 1216.0). Maps are available from ABS Information Consultancy. See Labour Force Status/Status in Employment (LFSP). A natural/adopted child of only one partner in a marriage or de facto relationship, within the primary family, is classified as a stepchild of that family. See also Child, Child Type (CTPP), Relationship in Household (RLHP). See Child, Full/Part-Time Student Status (STUP). See Statistical Subdivision (SSD). See State Suburb.
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