Indicative Information and Data Code Groups
Description of the Summary Tables
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The Urban Centres Summary File presents summary characteristics of persons and dwellings for urban centres of 5000 or more persons enumerated at the 1981 census. The records for each urban centre include geographic area codes indicating its State/Territory, area and name.
The table information is made up of 43 tables giving data for persons, persons in the labour force, families and dwellings. Persons tables include counts for males and females by marital status, usual residence (1976, 1980 and 1981), age, birthplace by age, parents' birthplace, use of English language, birthplace by period of residence, period of residence, citizenship, race, educational institution attendance, level and field of highest qualification, age left school, total issue of females aged 15 years and over, religion by age, occupational status, income, occupational status by age. Tables for persons in the labour force provide counts for males and females by age, marital status, hours worked, industry sector, mode of travel to work, occupational status by occupation, occupation, occupation by age, birthplace by occupation, and industry. Family tables show the number of families by family type and family income. Dwelling tables include counts, by structure of dwelling, of nature of occupancy, mortgages, rents, reason unoccupied, and numbers of occupants, families, rooms, bedrooms and motor vehicles.
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" (C81SENSE.DOC).
The Urban Centres Summary File contains 168 logical records (one for each urban centre of 5000 or more persons). Each logical record comprises one record of geographic indicative information and 139 records containing 4550 counts or totals from 43 tables giving data for both persons and dwellings. All 23,520 physical records are padded to a fixed record length of 240 characters.
For details of the tables included in the Urban Centres Summary File, see "Full Format Summary Tables Description File (download .rtf version)".
The Urban Centres Summary File contains one logical record for each urban centre of 5000 or more persons consisting of one physical record of geographic indicative codes (7 fields) and 139 records of tabular information (4550 x 7 character cells). Each physical record is 240 characters in length, the first 9 characters always being an identifying header (matching the first 9 characters of the indicative codes).
The 7 cells of indicative information for the Urban Centres Summary File are contained in the first physical record of each logical record in the following format.
The Urban Centres Summary File contains data cells from the 43 summary tables listed below. Full details of the tables and cells are given in the "Full Format Summary Tables Description File (download .rtf files)".
| 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
|
110
x 2 x 2
|
440
|
Age
|
Overseas
born and total persons
|
| 8
|
17
x 13 x 2
|
442
|
Birthplace
by Age
|
Total
persons
|
| 9
|
7
x 3 x 2
|
42
|
Competency
in English language by birthplace in English/non-English speaking countries
|
Overseas
born persons aged 5+ years
|
| 10
|
14
x 3 x 2
|
84
|
Birthplace
of parents
|
Australian
born
|
| 11
|
100
x 3 x 2
|
600
|
Birthplace
by period of residence in Australia
|
Overseas
born residents
|
| 12
|
37
x 2
|
74
|
Period
of residence
|
Overseas
born residents
|
| 13
|
21
x 2
|
42
|
Citizenship
|
Total
persons
|
| 14
|
4
x 2
|
8
|
Racial
origin
|
Total
persons
|
| 15
|
4
x 2 x 2
|
16
|
Attendance
at an educational institution
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 16
|
9
x 2 x 3
|
54
|
Qualification
- highest level obtained
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs - Australian born and overseas born
|
| 17
|
18
x 2 x 3
|
108
|
Qualification
- field of study
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs - Australian born and overseas born
|
| 18
|
11
x 2
|
22
|
Age
left school
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 19
|
16
x 2
|
32
|
Total
issue
|
Females
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 20
|
28
x 3 + 1
|
85
|
Family
type
|
Families
and persons
|
| 21
|
52
x 10
|
520
|
Religion
by Age
|
Total
persons
|
| 22
|
16
x 2
|
32
|
Age
|
Labour
force
|
| 23
|
5
x 2
|
10
|
Marital
status
|
Labour
force
|
| 24
|
7
x 2
|
14
|
Occupational
status
|
Total
persons
|
| 25
|
6
x 3
|
18
|
Hours
actually worked
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 26
|
5
x 2
|
10
|
Industry
sector
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 27
|
15
x 2
|
30
|
Mode
of travel to work
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 28
|
15
x 4
|
60
|
Income
-
|
|
| individual
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
| |||
| family
|
Families
| |||
| household
|
Households
| |||
| 29
|
4
x 11 x 2
|
88
|
Occupational
status by Occupation
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 30
|
73
x 2
|
146
|
Occupation
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 31
|
11
x 2 x 11
|
242
|
Occupation
by Age
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 32
|
6
x 2 x11
|
132
|
Occupational
status by Age
|
Males/Females
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 33
|
17
x 2 x 11
|
374
|
Birthplace
by Occupation Major Groups
|
Males/Females
in employed labour force
|
| 34
|
60
x 2
|
120
|
Industry
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 35
|
8
x 10
|
80
|
Occupants
by Structure
|
Households
and persons
|
| 36
|
9
x 7
|
63
|
Rooms
by Structure
|
Households
and persons
|
| 37
|
8
x 7
|
56
|
Bedrooms
by Structure
|
Households
and persons
|
| 38
|
7
x 7
|
49
|
Nature
of occupancy by Structure
|
Households
and persons
|
| 39
|
18
x 7
|
126
|
Monthly
mortgages
|
Households
and persons
|
| by
Structure
|
in
mortgaged dwellings
| |||
| 40
|
15
x 7
|
105
|
Weekly
rent by Structure
|
Households
and persons in rented dwellings
|
| 41
|
4
x 7
|
28
|
Families
by Structure
|
Households
and persons
|
| 42
|
6
x 6
|
36
|
Motor
vehicles parked
|
Occupied
private dwellings
|
| 43
|
8
x 6
|
48
|
Reason
unoccupied
|
Unoccupied
private dwellings
|
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