| Special purpose code | Definition |
|---|---|
Capital city nfd | Used to code place of usual residence one and five years ago. Used where a respondent has given incomplete address information on the Census form but has given enough information to allow coding to a capital city. There is a category for each capital city:
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State/Territory nfd | Used to code place of usual residence one and five years ago. Used where a respondent has given incomplete address information on the Census form but has given enough information to allow coding to a state/territory. There is a category for each state/territory:
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Migratory | Used to code people who are in transit on long distance trains, buses, aircraft and long-haul road transport vehicles on Census Night. |
Off-shore | Used to code people who are on oil rigs and drilling platforms etc. on Census Night. Also used for expeditioners in the Australian Antarctic Territory. |
Shipping | Used to code people who are on board vessels in Australian waters, in or between Australian ports on Census Night. |
No usual residence | Used to code people who have no fixed address, such as travellers who move across Australia. |
Not applicable | Used to code a person’s place of usual residence one and five years ago, for children who had not been born one or five years ago. |
Overseas | Used to code a person’s place of usual residence one and five years ago, for people who lived overseas one and five years ago. |
