What is a Census Test?
A Census Test is used to help us design the forms and procedures to be used in the next Census, in 2011. Your answers and participation will help ensure that new questions and procedures in the next Census work efficiently. To learn more about the Census Test, read the 2006 Census Test pages on this website.
Census tests are carried out under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) undertakes about five tests in the period between censuses. Each test builds upon the other in size and elements tested. In the year prior to the National Census of Population and Housing (next one in 2006), the ABS conducts a dress rehearsal, which involves the testing of some 40,000 households. Test areas are selected on the basis that the areas are representative of large areas of the rest of the country. Selected areas of Beechworth and Yackandandah were chosen, because it will provide an opportunity to properly test census processes in a regional area. Conducting tests allows the ABS to develop and improve survey methods, so when the actual census is carried out, the ABS can obtain the highest quality information from Australians for: • Planning community services and facilities. • Determining the number of seats each state and territory has in the Hous
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