Key facts
Contents & fields
The dataset contains linked records from a 5% sample of the 2006 and 2011 Australian Censuses, providing individual-level longitudinal data. Fields include age, sex, birthplace, marital status, language, religion, qualification, occupation, spouse, etc. The source page does not disclose a complete field list, but tags mention the following fields:
- age — age
- sex — sex
- birthplace — birthplace
- marital status — marital status
- language — language
- religion — religion
- qualification — qualification
- occupation — occupation
- spouse — spouse
- year of arrival — year of arrival
- Indigenous status — Indigenous status
- SA1, SA2, SA4 — geographic area codes
Research uses
Suitable for longitudinal socio-demographic research, such as population mobility, employment transitions, family structure changes, and relationships between education and socioeconomic status.
This card was drafted from the source page; institution, coverage, time span, scale, fields and license are subject to the official page (pending human review).
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Access & license
License: License pending verification | Access conditions pending verification
Why this is hard to get on your own
When accessing longitudinal census microdata, one often needs to use specific tools (e.g., TableBuilder) and field details are not transparent.