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Census 2021 is almost here — what's changed since #censusfail? What's at stake in this pandemic survey?

  • Written by Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
Census 2021 is almost here — what's changed since #censusfail? What's at stake in this pandemic survey?David Crosling/AAP

Australian households will begin receiving instructions on how to fill out the 2021 census from early August.

The Census of Population and Housing is held every five years in Australia — and counts every person and household in Australia. But this is the first time the count will be held during a global pandemic amid lockdow...

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