2900.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Understanding the Census and Census Data, Australia , 2016  
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Non-response rate

Item non-response rates are a measure of how many people did not respond to a particular question as a proportion of the total number of people the question was applicable to. In this instance the response is left asnot stated.

The majority of item non-response is attributable to the people who did not respond to the Census at all. The second and smaller contributor to item non-response is when people return a Census form but may not answer a particular question(s). For more information, refer to
Understanding Census data quality.

The non-response rate for this variable was 7.7% (6.1% in 2011).

Data usage notes

Compared to 2011 data, large decreases in the 'Being purchased under a shared equity scheme' category for 2016 can be observed. It is unclear whether this indicates legitimate changes in the way housing has been financed or whether this was caused by respondents misinterpreting either the 2011 or 2016 wording of the question.

Further information

A definition for Tenure Type is available in the2016 Census Dictionary with additional information available in the Glossary.

Household form question image

Questions 56 and 57 as they appeared on the 2016 Census Household Paper Form:

2016 Household Paper Form - Question 56. Is this dwelling:

2016 Household Paper Form - Question 57. If this dwelling is being rented, who is it rented from?

A text only version of the online Census Household form is available from the Downloads tab.


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