Review of 2021 Census Topics

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This submission suggests questions relating to health matters.

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Health

Assessment Criteria 1

1. This topic is of current national importance.

National Importance
The ability to track the prevalence of particular health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and the like, and to identify those spatially and link them to particular community or cultural groups would be helpful in terms of service delivery. This type of data would also provide a useful evidence base to advocate for particular specialisations in different Health and Education Precincts in various locations across Australia.

Assessment Criteria 2

2. There is a need for data from a Census of the whole population.

For whole population
Local and National data is important for health related issues.

Assessment Criteria 3

3. The topic can be accurately collected in a form which the household completes themselves.

Easy to answer
It is considered that it would be relatively easy to collect this data via the Census.

Assessment Criteria 4

4. The topic would be acceptable to Census respondents.

Acceptable
It is considered that some people could consider health related questions intrusive, offensive or controversial.

Assessment Criteria 5

5. The topic can be collected efficiently.

Collected efficiently
It is assumed that some types of health data could be relatively easy to collect and process.

Assessment Criteria 6

6. There is likely to be a continuing need for data on this topic in the following Census.

Continuing need
There is a need for time series data on this topic and it is likely to remain relevant in the future.

Assessment Criteria 7

7. There are no other alternative data sources or solutions that could meet the topic need.

No alternatives
It is not known by the authors of this submission whether or not comprehensive, continuous, spatially based data on this topic is collected via other sources.