2008.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Nature and Content, Australia, 2016

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Preface Introduction Legal authority, confidentiality and privacy Collection operations Processing Results and output Topics to be included in the 2016 Census + Personal topics + Household and dwelling topics Topic release schedule Census Time Capsule ABS releases information about 2016 Census topics (Media Release) About this Release History of Changes	RELEASE SCHEDULE OF TOPICS The first round of 2016 Census information will be released on Tuesday, 11 April, providing a preview of 2016 results and giving insight into what makes the 'typical' Australian in 2016, at the National and State and Territory level. Following this, the results of the Census held on August 9 2016 will be released in 2017 in two main stages. The first data from the 2016 Census will be released from 27 June 2017. The data will cover a wide range of Census topics and be presented in a variety of ways to cater for the needs of different users. Data will be released for almost all geographies for place of enumeration and place of usual residence. Data regarding employment, qualifications and population mobility is scheduled to be released from October 2017. The complex nature of this data means that it requires extra time to be processed. More information regarding the release schedule of 2016 Census data can be found in the Census Dictionary, 2016 (cat. no. 2901.0). The lists below show when data related to each Census topic will be released. Each topic will have a number of data items associated with it. JUNE 2017 Sex Age Residential status in non-private dwelling Registered marital status Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin Usual residence at Census time Australian citizenship Country of birth Year of arrival in Australia Country of birth of parents Main language other than English spoken at home Proficiency in spoken English Ancestry Religious Affiliation Need for assistance Attendance at an educational institution Highest year of schooling completed Number of children ever born Income Unpaid work Address on Census night Family relationship (and Social marital status) Number of motor vehicles garaged Number of bedrooms Tenure type Landlord type Housing costs Dwelling internet connection Dwelling structure Location of private dwelling Type of non-private dwelling OCTOBER 2017 Internal migration (address of usual residence 1 year ago and 5 years ago) Non-school qualification Labour force status Status in employment Occupation Public or private employer indicator Workplace address (Journey to work) Industry of employment Hours worked Method of travel to work Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.