Paper form questions help - Census Household form
Questions 1-10
Q1 - What is the address of this dwelling?
Q2 - Who spent the night of Tuesday 5 August 2025 in this dwelling?
Q3 - In total, how many people spent the night of Tuesday 5 August 2025 in this dwelling?
Q4 - Who was away on the night of Tuesday 5 August 2025, but usually lives in this dwelling?
Q7 - What is the person's date of birth and age?
Q8 – What was the person’s sex recorded at birth?
Q9 – What is the person’s gender?
Q10 - What is the person's relationship to Person 1/Person 2?
Questions 11-20
Q11 - What is the person's current marital status?
Q12 - Is the person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?
Q13 - Where does the person usually live?
Q14 - Where did the person usually live one year ago (5 August 2024)?
Q15 - Where did the person usually live five years ago (5 August 2020)?
Q16 - Is the person an Australian citizen?
Q17 - In which country was the person born?
Q18 - In what year did the person first arrive in Australia to live for one year or more?
Questions 21-30
Q21 - Does the person use a language other than English at home?
Q22 - How well does the person speak English?
Q23 - What is the person's ancestry?
Q24 - What is the person's religion?
Q25 - Does the person ever need someone to help with, or be with them for, self-care activities?
Q26 - Does the person ever need someone to help with, or be with them for, body movement activities?
Q27 - Does the person ever need someone to help with, or be with them for, communication activities?
Q30 - Is the person attending a school or other education institution?
Questions 31-40
Q31 - What type of education institution is the person attending?
Q32 – Only continue for people aged 15 years or more
Q33 - What is the highest year of primary or secondary school the person has completed?
Q34 - Has the person completed any educational qualification?
Q35 - What is the level of the highest qualification that the person has completed?
Q36 - What is the main field of study for the person’s highest qualification completed?
Online only - Did the person complete this qualification before 1998?
Q37 - What is the total of all income the person usually receives?
Q38 - Last week, did the person have a job of any kind?
Q40 - Was the person’s business: Unincorporated? Incorporated (e.g Pty Ltd)?
Questions 41-50
Q41 - Does the person’s business employ people?
Q42 - In the main job held last week, what was the person’s occupation?
Q43 - What are the main tasks that the person usually performs in that occupation?
Q44 - For the main job held last week, what was the employer’s business name?
Q46 - What are the main goods produced or main services provided by the employer’s business?
Q47 - For the main job held last week, what was the person’s workplace address?
Q48 - How did the person get to work on Tuesday 10 August 2021?
Q49 - Last week, how many hours did the person work in all jobs?
Q50 - Did the person actively look for work at any time in the last four weeks?
Questions 51-60
Q51 - If the person had found a job, could the person have started work last week?
Q52 - Has the person ever served in the Australian Defence Force?
Q54 - In the last week did the person spend time doing unpaid domestic work for their household?
Q55 - In the last two weeks did the person spend time looking after a child, without pay?
Q57 – Only continue for people aged 16 years or more
Q58 – How does the person describe their sexual orientation?
Q60 – For each person away, complete the following questions