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 Name Sex Age Residential status in non-private dwelling Registered marital status Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander origin Usual residence at Census time Internal migration 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 Non-school qualifications Number of children ever born Income (individual) Labour force status Status in employment Occupation Public or private employer indicator Workplace address (and Journey to work) Industry of employment Hours worked Method of travel to work Unpaid work + 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	YEAR OF ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA This topic provides information on the years of residence in Australia of people born overseas. The year of arrival question asks overseas-born people to supply the year they arrived in Australia with the intention of staying for at least one year. Data on overseas-born people's years of residence in Australia, when cross-classified with other Census data, are used to analyse changes over time in the characteristics of migrants to Australia. The question also makes it possible to examine the characteristics of migrants, and their geographic settlement patterns, by the number of years since they arrived in Australia. BACKGROUND All Australian Censuses since 1911 have contained one of these two questions; the date of first arrival in Australia or the number of full years of residence in Australia. Since the 2001 Census the question has asked overseas-born respondents to write in the year they arrived in Australia, thereby providing more detailed information than in previous Censuses. The following question is from the paper 2016 Census Household Form. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.