Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1994 No. 309 CENSUS REGULATIONS - REG 4

4. The following matters are prescribed for the purposes of section 8 of the
Act:

   (a)  in relation to a person:

        (i)    name;

        (ii)   sex;

        (iii)  age;

        (iv)   relationship to the other persons, if any, who spend Census
               night in the same accommodation;

        (v)    present marital status;

        (vi)   address of usual residence;

        (vii)  address of usual residence 1 year before the Census day;

        (viii) address of usual residence 5 years before the Census day;

        (ix)   religious denomination;

        (x)    citizenship;

        (xi)   Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin;

        (xii)  country of birth;

        (xiii) country of birth of each parent;

        (xiv)  in the case of a person not born in Australia-the year of the
               person's first arrival in Australia;

        (xv)   languages spoken at home;

        (xvi)  in the case of a person who speaks a language other than
               English at home-his or her proficiency in speaking English;

        (xvii) present attendance at an educational institution;

        (xviii) in the case of a person who is not less than 15 years of age:

                (A)  age of leaving school;

                (B)  education qualifications;

                (C)  whether employed or unemployed;

                (D)  income;

        (xix)  in the case of a female person who is not less than 15 years of
               age-number of children given birth to;

        (xx)   in the case of a person who is not less than 15 years of age
               and was employed (including self-employed) during the week
               immediately preceding the Census day:

                (A)  status in employment during that week;

                (B)  occupation during that week;

                (C)  the name and address of the undertaking in which the
                     person was employed during that week;

                (D)  the main kind of business or industry carried on, or
                     service provided, by that undertaking during that week;

                (E)  the hours worked by the person during that week;

                (F)  mode of travel to work by the person during the week;

   (b)  in relation to a household:

        (i)    the address on Census night;

        (ii)   in the case of a person who is usually a member of the
               household but is absent from the household accommodation on the
               Census night:

                (A)  name;

                (B)  sex;

                (C)  age;

                (D)  present marital status;

                (E)  student status;

                (F)  relationship to other members of the household;

        (iii)  the right, title or interest of the household in the
               household's accommodation;

        (iv)   the number of bedrooms occupied by the household;

        (v)    the rent or loan repayments payable by the household for its
               accommodation;

        (vi)   if the household's accommodation is rented:

                (A)  the nature of the person or body to whom the rent is
                     paid;

                (B)  the provision of furniture;

        (vii)  the number of registered motor vehicles garaged or parked at or
               near the address of the household on the Census night;

   (c)  in relation to a private dwelling:

        (i)    the structure;

        (ii)   the location;

   (d)  in relation to a dwelling other than a private dwelling-
        classification of the dwelling by reference to its purpose.