CENSUS: Census of Population and Housing

Information from the ABS Census of Population and Housing, including person, family, and dwelling information.

Describes Census microdata products, variables, data quality and access.

Dataset summary

Asset

PLIDA

Collection

administrative

Supplier

ABS

Custodian

ABS

Reference period

2011, 2016, 2021

Update frequency

Follows ABS publication

Products

9

Tables

9

Unique variables

261

Variable occurrences

523

Metadata source

PLIDA Data Item List, 19 March 2026

Official information

ABS Census microdata

Products and tables

CENSUS has 9 products covering 9 tables.

Product	Tables	Variables
madip-ge-030101d-census2016-census2016person-2016	1	80
madip-ge-030102d-census2016-census2016family-2016	1	22
madip-ge-030103d-census2016-census2016dwelling-2016	1	37
madipge-cen11-d-dwelling-2011	1	36
madipge-cen11-d-family-2011	1	21
madipge-cen11-d-person-2011	1	73
madipge-cen21-d-dwelling-2021	1	63
madipge-cen21-d-family-2021	1	32
madipge-cen21-d-person-2021	1	159

Variables

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