2901.0 - Census Dictionary, 2011  
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POWP Place of Work
Second release

Icon - PersonsPlace of Work is coded from the workplace address question on the Census form and relates to where the person worked in the week prior to Census Night.

Place of Work is coded to a Destination Zone. Destination Zones are designed by State Transport Authorities (STAs) in each state and territory and cover all of Australia.

Place of Work is a hierarchical field and can be broken into State, SA2 and Destination Zone.

State/Territory
- SA2
- Destination Zone

Place of Work can be cross classified with Place of Usual Residence and/or Method of Travel to Work to provide Journey to Work data.


Applicable to:Employed persons

Categories:A list of categories is available from Information Consultancy, although the following are always included:

  • Not stated
  • Not applicable
  • Overseas visitor

  • Number of categories: Available on request

    Not applicable (@) category comprises:

  • Unemployed persons, looking for either full-time or part-time work
  • Persons not in the labour force
  • Persons with Labour Force Status (LFSP) not stated
  • Persons aged under 15 years






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