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	AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP This topic provides information about whether people are Australian citizens or not. Information about Australian citizenship is used to monitor the take-up of Australian citizenship by the overseas-born population. BACKGROUND A question on nationality was first asked in 1921, when respondents were asked to indicate what 'national subject' they were by means of birthplace, parentage or naturalisation. In 1966 and 1971 the term ‘nationality or citizenship’ was used, and from 1976 onwards the question has used the word ‘citizenship’. Since 1986, the question on citizenship has had only two response categories (Australian citizen or not). It was proposed that the question on Australian citizenship be excluded from the 2006 Census and included again in the 2011 Census. After consultation with key users of the data, a decision was made to retain the question for the 2006 Census. The question was included in the 2006 and 2011 Censuses and will again be asked in the 2016 Census. QUESTION The following question is from the paper 2016 Census Household Paper Form. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.