Definition:
a periodic counting of the population and gathering of related statistics, e.g. age, sex, or social class, carried out by a government.
2
an official count or tally
from: census. (2007). In The Penguin English Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com.elibrary.jcu.edu.au/entry/penguineng/census
ABS Census website has statistical profiles for geographic areas.
The ABS website has many options for looking at the figures from the 2011 census. These links cover the Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) for the Cairns and Townsville regions. You can use the Census site to drill down into the level of a few blocks in a neighbourhood (SA1).
Note that these areas do not match Local Government suburbs exactly.
Photo 1921 Census by commons.wikimedia.org
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