Review of 2021 Census Topics

Response 332255931

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Topic name
Households - new household types require recording for better understanding of residents and relationships with local government areas.

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Population
Sex and gender
Ticked Households and families
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Income and work
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Education and training
Disability and carers
Housing
Location
Transport
Cultural diversity
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Topics on Households and families

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Household and family relationships
Marital status
Ticked Persons temporarily absent on Census night
Other/unknown

Assessment Criteria 1

1. This topic is of current national importance.

National Importance
Households in which parents have separated create complexities in household structures.
Mixed and blended families, and children moving between households, create household structures that are currently not well understood.
A better understanding of the movements of children between households could be then matched with better programs to support these families, and better understanding of the housing needs of specific areas.

Assessment Criteria 3

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

Easy to answer
A question capturing number of children not present in the household on Census night can be easily included and understood by the respondent.

Assessment Criteria 4

4. The topic would be acceptable to Census respondents.

Acceptable
It is assumed that the question would not be an issue for respondents. In what is assumed to be a very small proportion of households, the information ay be sensitive or not legally allowed to be divulged. These respondents would refrain from answering the question.

Assessment Criteria 5

5. The topic can be collected efficiently.

Collected efficiently
The question of including additional children not present on Census night is simple - for example "Number of children usually present, but not living with respondent as of 10 August 2021."

Assessment Criteria 7

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

No alternatives
This information may be available via Family Tax Benefit, Child Care Benefits, etc.