These Regulations are the Census Regulations 1994.

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Census day means the day in the year 2001 that is appointed under subsection 8 (2) of the Act.
Census night means the night of the Census day.
private dwelling means a dwelling other than:

(a)

a hotel, motel, hostel or boarding house; or

(b)

a dwelling used solely or principally as sleeping accommodation by members of a group of persons who share common living or dining areas or other common amenities; or

(c)

a religious institution; or

(d)

a residential institution (including a hospital, nursing home, school, university, college, orphanage, house of refuge, prison or other penal or corrective institution); or

(e)

a vessel, other than a houseboat, used in navigation by water.

the Act means the Census and Statistics Act 1905.

The following external Territories are prescribed for the purposes of section 2 of the Act:

(a)

Christmas Island;

(b)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

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)

the highest level of primary or secondary school completed;

(B)

education qualifications;

(C)

labour force status;

(D)

income;

(xix)

ancestry;

(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)

the main duties or tasks that the person usually performs in the occupation;

(G)

mode of travel to work by the person on Census day;

(xxi)

use of a personal computer during the week immediately preceding Census day;

(xxii)

use of the Internet during that week;

(b)

in relation to a household accommodated on Census night in a private dwelling:

(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)

student status;

(E)

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 in the dwelling;

(v)

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

(vi)

if the dwelling is rented, the nature of the person or body to whom rent is paid;

(vii)

the number of registered motor vehicles and motor cycles, garaged or parked at or near the dwelling on Census night, that are owned or used by residents of the dwelling;

(c)

in relation to a private dwelling:

(i)

the structure;

(ii)

the location;

(d)

in relation to a dwelling other than a private dwelling:

(i)

classification of the dwelling by reference to its purpose;

(ii)

the status of a person in the dwelling.