Census Regulations 1994

Census Regulations 1994

Statutory Rules 1994 No. 309 as amended

made under the

Census and Statistics Act 1905

This compilation was prepared on 29 March 2000
taking into account amendments up to SR 2000 No. 34

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Census Regulations 1994

Statutory Rules 1994 No. 309 as amended

made under the

Census and Statistics Act 1905

Contents

Page

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 

 2 Interpretation 

 3 External Territories prescribed under section 2 of the Act 

 4 Matters prescribed for the purposes of section 8 of the Act 

Notes 

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Census Regulations 1994.

2 Interpretation

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Census day means the day in the year 2001 that is appointed under subsection 8 (2) of the Act.

Census night means the night of the Census day.

private dwelling means a dwelling other than:

 (a) a hotel, motel, hostel or boarding house; or

 (b) a dwelling used solely or principally as sleeping accommodation by members of a group of persons who share common living or dining areas or other common amenities; or

 (c) a religious institution; or

 (d) a residential institution (including a hospital, nursing home, school, university, college, orphanage, house of refuge, prison or other penal or corrective institution); or

 (e) a vessel, other than a houseboat, used in navigation by water.

the Act means the Census and Statistics Act 1905.

3 External Territories prescribed under section 2 of the Act

  The following external Territories are prescribed for the purposes of section 2 of the Act:

 (a) Christmas Island;

 (b) Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

4 Matters prescribed for the purposes of section 8 of the Act

  The following matters are prescribed for the purposes of section 8 of the Act:

 (a) in relation to a person:

 (i) name;

 (ii) sex;

 (iii) age;

 (iv) relationship to the other persons, if any, who spend Census night in the same accommodation;

 (v) present marital status;

 (vi) address of usual residence;

 (vii) address of usual residence 1 year before the Census day;

 (viii) address of usual residence 5 years before the Census day;

 (ix) religious denomination;

 (x) citizenship;

 (xi) Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin;

 (xii) country of birth;

 (xiii) country of birth of each parent;

 (xiv) in the case of a person not born in Australia — the year of the person’s first arrival in Australia;

 (xv) languages spoken at home;

 (xvi) in the case of a person who speaks a language other than English at home — his or her proficiency in speaking English;

 (xvii) present attendance at an educational institution;

 (xviii) in the case of a person who is not less than 15 years of age:

 (A) the highest level of primary or secondary school completed;

 (B) education qualifications;

 (C) labour force status;

 (D) income;

 (xix) ancestry;

 (xx) in the case of a person who is not less than 15 years of age and was employed (including self-employed) during the week immediately preceding the Census day:

 (A) status in employment during that week;

 (B) occupation during that week;

 (C) the name and address of the undertaking in which the person was employed during that week;

 (D) the main kind of business or industry carried on, or service provided, by that undertaking during that week;

 (E) the hours worked by the person during that week;

 (F) the main duties or tasks that the person usually performs in the occupation;

 (G) mode of travel to work by the person on Census day;

 (xxi) use of a personal computer during the week immediately preceding Census day;

 (xxii) use of the Internet during that week;

 (b) in relation to a household accommodated on Census night in a private dwelling:

 (i) the address on Census night;

 (ii) in the case of a person who is usually a member of the household but is absent from the household accommodation on the Census night:

 (A) name;

 (B) sex;

 (C) age;

 (D) student status;

 (E) relationship to other members of the household;

 (iii) the right, title or interest of the household in the household’s accommodation;

 (iv) the number of bedrooms in the dwelling;

 (v) the rent or loan repayments payable by the household for its accommodation;

 (vi) if the dwelling is rented, the nature of the person or body to whom rent is paid;

 (vii) the number of registered motor vehicles and motor cycles, garaged or parked at or near the dwelling on Census night, that are owned or used by residents of the dwelling;

 (c) in relation to a private dwelling:

 (i) the structure;

 (ii) the location;

 (d) in relation to a dwelling other than a private dwelling:

 (i) classification of the dwelling by reference to its purpose;

 (ii) the status of a person in the dwelling.

Notes to the Census Regulations 1994

Note 1

The Census Regulations 1994 (in force under the Census and Statistics Act 1905) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1994 No. 309 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments