Settlement Guide: how to complete the census?

CENSUS

(ABS) Source: ABS

The 2016 census on August 9 will be Australia's biggest ever survey. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) expects to count twenty-four million people from more than two hundred countries speaking over three hundred languages Run every five years, the census identifies key characteristics of the population to help plan for the country's future. And this year most people will complete it online.



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