What it's about

The Final Report on Content contains the final decisions on topics to be included in the 2001 Census.

This document provides discussion on how the final census content was decided. The recommendations contained within this report are primarily based on those published earlier in Preliminary Views on Content, but there have been some changes in response to an evaluation of issues raised through the process of public submissions and consultation.

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Table of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

• 1.1 Principles adopted for the consultation process
• 1.2 Preliminary views on content
• 1.3 The consultation process
• 1.4 Public forums and submissions received
• 1.5 Constraints and criteria for topic inclusion
• 1.6 Evaluation

Chapter 2 Topics to be included in the 2001 Census

• 2.1 Statutory
• 2.2 Demography and Social Structures
• 2.3 Education and Training
• 2.4 Ethnicity and Culture
• 2.5 Geography
• 2.6 Health
• 2.7 Household Communications
• 2.8 Housing
• 2.9 Income
• 2.10 Transport and Travel
• 2.11 Work

Chapter 3 Cyclical topics

Chapter 4 Topics which will not be included in the 2001 Census

Chapter 5 Issues raised during consultation