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Perth Now
a day ago
- General
- Perth Now
Aussie towns marked for census testing
Tens of thousands of households have been selected to participate in the upcoming Australian Bureau of Statistics census test, which technicians use as an exercise to ensure IT systems and data-gathering processes are all working in the lead-up to the five-yearly survey of the Aussie population. The ABS census general manager Jenny Telford said the test was taking place to ensure the real one happened as smoothly as possible. Tens of thousands of Aussies will be required to take part in the census test. NewsWire / John Gass Credit: News Corp Australia 'We are testing our collection processes and IT systems to ensure our processes work well and that the form captures the right information in the right way,' she said. 'You can complete your form as soon as you receive your instructions if you know who will be home on census test night.' About 60,000 preselected homes will take part in the test across eight key regions across Australia. In NSW, homes in Coonamble and Gilgandra will be surveyed. In Queensland, the cities of Rockhampton and Gladstone will take part, as will the regional township of Yeppoon. Homes have been selected in Western Australia's Wheatbelt Region, as have households in Perth and Albany. Regional Victorian homes miss out this time, and surveying will only take place in Melbourne. Testing is conducted before the five-yearly census. NewsWire / David Crosling Credit: News Corp Australia The ABS has noted that not every home in the selected locations will be required to participate in the test. 'If you don't receive instructions in the mail, there's nothing you need to do,' the organisation said in a statement. 'The information you provide in the test is confidential. The ABS is legally required to keep data secure and not release information in a way that will identify any individual, household or business.' Test night will take place on Tuesday August 5.
West Australian
a day ago
- General
- West Australian
ABS launches census testing across thousands of Aussie homes
Tens of thousands of households have been selected to participate in the upcoming Australian Bureau of Statistics census test, which technicians use as an exercise to ensure IT systems and data-gathering processes are all working in the lead-up to the five-yearly survey of the Aussie population. The ABS census general manager Jenny Telford said the test was taking place to ensure the real one happened as smoothly as possible. 'We are testing our collection processes and IT systems to ensure our processes work well and that the form captures the right information in the right way,' she said. 'You can complete your form as soon as you receive your instructions if you know who will be home on census test night.' About 60,000 preselected homes will take part in the test across eight key regions across Australia. In NSW, homes in Coonamble and Gilgandra will be surveyed. In Queensland, the cities of Rockhampton and Gladstone will take part, as will the regional township of Yeppoon. Homes have been selected in Western Australia's Wheatbelt Region, as have households in Perth and Albany. Regional Victorian homes miss out this time, and surveying will only take place in Melbourne. The ABS has noted that not every home in the selected locations will be required to participate in the test. 'If you don't receive instructions in the mail, there's nothing you need to do,' the organisation said in a statement. 'The information you provide in the test is confidential. The ABS is legally required to keep data secure and not release information in a way that will identify any individual, household or business.' Test night will take place on Tuesday August 5.
News.com.au
a day ago
- General
- News.com.au
ABS launches census testing across thousands of Aussie homes
Tens of thousands of households have been selected to participate in the upcoming Australian Bureau of Statistics census test, which technicians use as an exercise to ensure IT systems and data-gathering processes are all working in the lead-up to the five-yearly survey of the Aussie population. The ABS census general manager Jenny Telford said the test was taking place to ensure the real one happened as smoothly as possible. 'We are testing our collection processes and IT systems to ensure our processes work well and that the form captures the right information in the right way,' she said. 'You can complete your form as soon as you receive your instructions if you know who will be home on census test night.' About 60,000 preselected homes will take part in the test across eight key regions across Australia. In NSW, homes in Coonamble and Gilgandra will be surveyed. In Queensland, the cities of Rockhampton and Gladstone will take part, as will the regional township of Yeppoon. Homes have been selected in Western Australia's Wheatbelt Region, as have households in Perth and Albany. Regional Victorian homes miss out this time, and surveying will only take place in Melbourne. The ABS has noted that not every home in the selected locations will be required to participate in the test. 'If you don't receive instructions in the mail, there's nothing you need to do,' the organisation said in a statement. 'The information you provide in the test is confidential. The ABS is legally required to keep data secure and not release information in a way that will identify any individual, household or business.' Test night will take place on Tuesday August 5.
SBS Australia
2 days ago
- SBS Australia
Questions on sexuality and gender to be part of Census trial
The first Census questions on sexual orientation and gender will be sent out to thousands of households as part of a practice version of the 2026 nationwide survey. More than 60,000 homes have been chosen by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to take part in a trial run in August in order to make sure the real event runs without incident. The test will include questions set to be in the 2026 Census, including the first set of questions in a national Census about sexual orientation and gender for people over 16. Questions about sexuality were set to be scrapped from the questionnaire, but the federal government backtracked on the decision in 2024 following criticism from LGBTIQ+ groups. Homes in Melbourne and Perth, as well as locations in regional Queensland, NSW and Western Australia, have been chosen for the voluntary test run. Census general manager Jenny Telford said the trial run would be critical to ensuring the nationwide questionnaire would be successful. "We are testing our collection processes and IT systems to ensure our processes work well and that the form captures the right information, in the right way," she said. "By taking part, you're helping us to improve the next Census for everyone and ensure it produces high-quality statistics." Testing will also be carried out to allow people to carry out the Census through myGov. The 2016 Census was beset by technical issues after the website hosting the questionnaire crashed on the night of the survey. The Census test is to be carried out on 5 August.
9 News
2 days ago
- Politics
- 9 News
New questions to be included on next month's Census Test
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here New questions on sexual orientation and gender will be included on a Census test sent to thousands of Aussies. Australia's next Census will be held in 2026, but the Census test will take place next month for some areas. The ABS said it will include the planned questions to collect information on sexual orientation and gender from over 16s. Australia's next Census will be held in 2026, but the Census Test will take place next month for some areas. (The Age) Census bosses say they will also update the question on sex to collect 'sex recorded at birth', and update response categories. The household and family section questions will be updated "to introduce non-gendered terms to be more inclusive," it said. "The ABS will ask two questions to collect data on the new topic," the ABS said. "These questions will be included in a large-scale Census Test due to take place in August 2025. "The ABS will consider test outcomes and will make minor refinements to the question designs if required." Around 60,000 households have been chosen to take part in the test. They are in Rockhampton, Gladstone and Yeppoon in Queensland, Melbourne in Victoria, Perth, Albany and the Wheatbelt region in Western Australia and Coonamble and Gilgandra New South Wales. Census General Manager, Jenny Telford, said the test is an essential part of the ABS' preparations to ensure the 2026 Census runs smoothly. "We are testing our collection processes and IT systems to ensure our processes work well and that the form captures the right information, in the right way," Telford said. The ABS is also partnering with Services Australia to test a new option to access the Census through myGov online. "You can complete your form as soon as you receive your instructions if you know who will be home on Census Test night, Tuesday 5 August 2025," Telford said. LGBTIQ+ advocates have called on the government to include questions about sexuality in the 2026 Census. CONTACT US
