Observations on questions 7, 18 and 33 on the 2016 census form
Choose your area of interest
Please select one item
(Required)
Population
Sex and gender
Households and families
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Income and work
Unpaid work and care
Education and training
Disability and carers
Housing
Location
Transport
Cultural diversity
Religion
Ticked
Other topic
If Other topic please specify
indigenous and other ancestry issues; income measures
Assessment Criteria 1
1.
This topic is of current national importance.
National Importance
more precise data on indigenous identity is required for policy development as to indigenous disadvantage; this includes vexed issues as to ancestry and the way
that personal income data is collected
Assessment Criteria 2
2.
There is a need for data from a Census of the whole population.
For whole population
all three
Assessment Criteria 3
3.
The topic can be accurately collected in a form which the household completes themselves.
Easy to answer
I'm not sure that data on indigenous identity, ancestries of all residents or personal income are well-collected
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As I am unable to fit my observations into your consultation format I attach a word document