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This variable indicates a person's place of usual residence one year before the Census. The PUR1P variable is hierarchical and is new for the 2006 Census, combining the variables STEU1P and SLAU1P in 2001. It is based on the SLA of usual residence one year before the Census and can be aggregated to form higher ASGC areas: Local Government Area (LGA), Statistical Subdivision (SSD), Statistical Division (SD), Statistical District (S Dist), Statistical Region (SR), Major Statistical Region (MSR) and State/Territory (STE). For details of these areas see Statistical Geography Volume 1: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2006 (cat. no. 1216.0).
For answers to usual residence questions, refer also to Usual Address Indicator Census Night (UAICP), Usual Address One Year Ago Indicator (UAI1P), and Usual Address Five Years Ago Indicator (UAI5P).
Applicable to: Persons aged one year and over
The following categories are also included:
Undefined capital city 0099
Overseas 9299
No usual address 9499
Migratory, off-shore and shipping 9779
Undefined state 9899
Not stated &&&&
Not applicable @@@@
Overseas visitor VVVV
Total number of categories will depend on the geographic level chosen.