Indicative Information and Data Code Groups
Description of the Summary Tables
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The Collection District Summary File presents summary characteristics of persons and dwellings for every collection district (CD) in Australia.
The records for each CD include geographic area codes which allow data to be aggregated to Statistical Division, Statistical Sub-Division, State, Census Division, Census Sub-Division, LGA Section, LGA, Commonwealth Electoral Division, State Electoral Division, Locality, Section of State, Postcode, Journey to Work Study Area and 1976 LGA, a 1976 CD field code and 1976/1981 Comparability Indicator, latitude and longitude of the centroid, and area. The table information is made up of 34 tables giving data for both persons and dwellings. Dwelling tables include counts by structure, nature of occupancy, mortgages, rents, reason unoccupied, and numbers of occupants, households, rooms, bedrooms and motor vehicles. Persons tables include counts for males and females by marital status, usual residence (1976, 1980 and 1981), age, religion, family type, educational institution attendance, birthplace, period of residence, parents' birthplace, use of English language, highest qualification, age left school, income, occupational status, hours worked, mode of travel to work, occupation and industry.
For some basic information about the way Census 81 was planned, designed, executed and processed, information on the person and dwelling characteristics included in statistical output and some guidance to other census products, see "Making Sense of Census 81". See also the Geographic Descriptor File.
The Summary File contains 7 data files of CD summary data. Each logical record contains one record of geographic indicative information and 19 records containing 1065 counts or totals from 34 tables giving data for both persons and dwellings. All physical records are padded to a fixed record length of 240 characters.
The number of logical records in each of the 7 CD summary files is:
File Name Records CD Summary File Part Total 1. NSW Sydney SD 5211 2. NSW Balance 3908 Albury-Wodonga SSD (Victorian part) 60 Gold Coast SSD (Queensland part) 299 ACT 331 4598 3. Victoria, Melbourne SD 4247 4. Victoria, balance 2282 5. Queensland 4734 6. South Australia 2476 7. Western Australia 2449 Tasmania 886 Northern Territory/ 235 Australian Capital Territory 331 3901 Note: The records for Albury-Wodonga SSD, Gold Coast SSD and the ACT appear in File 2 and in Files 4, 5 and 7 respectively.
Each of the 7 CD summary files contains one logical record for each CD consisting of one record of geographic indicative codes (31 fields) and 19 records of tabular information (1065 x 4 character cells). Each physical record is 240 characters in length, the first 12 characters always being an identifying header.
The 31 cells of indicative information for the CD Summary File are contained in the first physical record of each logical record in the following format.
Description of the Summary Tables
The CD Summary File contains data cells from the 34 summary tables listed below. Full details of the tables and cells are given in the "Condensed Format Summary Tables Description File (download .rtf version)".
Table
|
Dimensions
|
Number
of cells
|
Description
|
Table
population
|
| 1
|
12
x 2
|
24
|
Summary
of persons
|
Total
persons
|
| 2
|
2
x 1
|
2
|
Summary
of housing
|
Occupied
and unoccupied dwellings
|
| 3
|
6
x 2
|
12
|
Marital
status
|
Total
persons
|
| 4
|
12
x 2
|
24
|
1981
usual residence
|
Total
persons
|
| 5
|
13
x 2
|
26
|
1980
usual residence
|
Persons
aged 1+ years counted at their usual place of residence
|
| 6
|
13
x 2
|
26
|
1976
usual residence
|
Persons
aged 5+ years counted at their usual place of residence
|
| 7
|
32
x 2 x 2
|
128
|
Age
|
Overseas
born and total persons
|
| 8
|
17
x 2
|
34
|
Religious
denomination
|
Total
persons
|
| 9
|
8
x 3 + 1
|
25
|
Family
type
|
Families
and persons
|
| 10
|
4
x 2 x 2
|
16
|
Attendance
at an educational institution
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 11
|
31
x 3 x 2
|
186
|
Birthplace
by period of residence in Australia
|
Overseas
born
|
| 12
|
6
x 3 x 2
|
36
|
Birthplace
of parents
|
Australian
born
|
| 13
|
7
x 3 x 2
|
42
|
Competency
in English language by birthplace in English/non-English speaking countries
|
Overseas
born persons aged 5+ years
|
| 14
|
9
x 2
|
18
|
Qualification
- highest level obtained
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 15
|
11
x 2
|
22
|
Age
left school
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 16
|
15
x 4
|
60
|
Income
-
|
|
| individual
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
| |||
| family
|
Families
| |||
| household
|
Households
| |||
| 17
|
16
x 2
|
32
|
Age
|
Labour
force
|
| 18
|
5
x 2
|
10
|
Marital
status
|
Labour
force
|
| 19
|
7
x 2
|
14
|
Occupational
status
|
Total
persons
|
| 20
|
6
x 3
|
18
|
Hours
actually worked
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 21
|
5
x 2
|
10
|
Industry
sector
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 22
|
15
x 2
|
30
|
Mode
of travel to work
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 23
|
24
x 2
|
48
|
Occupation
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 24
|
27
x 2
|
54
|
Industry
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 25
|
9
x 1
|
9
|
Structure
of dwellings
|
Households
and persons
|
| 26
|
8
x 2
|
16
|
Number
of occupants
|
Households
- separate house and other
|
| 27
|
4
x 2
|
8
|
Number
of families in households
|
Households
- separate house and other
|
| 28
|
9
x 2
|
18
|
Number
of rooms
|
Households-
separate house and other
|
| 29
|
8
x 2
|
16
|
Number
of bedrooms
|
Households
- separate house and other
|
| 30
|
7
x 2
|
14
|
Nature
of occupancy
|
Households
and persons
|
| 31
|
18
x 2
|
36
|
Monthly
mortgages
|
Households
and persons in mortgaged dwellings
|
| 32
|
15
x 2
|
30
|
Weekly
rent
|
Households
and persons in rented dwellings
|
| 33
|
6
x 1
|
6
|
Motor
vehicles parked
|
Occupied
private dwellings
|
| 34
|
8
x 1
|
8
|
Reason
unoccupied
|
Unoccupied
private dwellings
|
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