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DID YOU KNOW?
• The Census will be held on Tuesday 9 August, 2011.
• This is the 16th Census and marks 100 years of national Census taking in Australia.
• The 2011 Census will cost about $440 million, or about $19 per person.
• The Census is the largest peace time operation conducted in Australia.
• The Census will be conducted in discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout August 2011.
• Local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be employed in each community to help conduct the Census.
• The Census Inquiry Service (CIS) language helpline caters for 10 of the most commonly used languages in Australia (Mandarin, Arabic, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Korean, Persian, Turkish, Spanish, Greek, Russian). Help is also available for people without English language skills.
• Australians claim more than 250 ancestries and speak 400 languages at home (based on 2006 Census data).
• The Census provides job opportunities for about 43,000 Australians.
• There are two types of jobs available: Area Supervisors and Census Collectors.
• Most Collectors will be responsible for delivering and collecting forms from about 500 households in cities or about 200 households in regional areas.
• The eCensus is a fast, easy and secure alternative to the traditional paper form, with online help available.
• The eCensus should be completed on Census night, 9 August 2011.
• This is the second time the eCensus option has been available.
• It’s expected that 30 per cent of the population or more will choose the eCensus option.
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