The 2006 Census and Indigenous People in Remote Areas: Assessing the Quality of the Enumeration Process and Resulting Data

Indigenous organisations, governments, and social scientists rely heavily on ABS census data for social and economic planning, policy evaluation, and research in relation to remote Indigenous communities. However, questions have been asked about the adequacy of population counts and the relevance of population characteristics data as collected in these communities by the census. This project seeks to enhance understanding of the issues underlying these concerns by analysing community responses to the special enumeration strategy devised by the ABS for the 2006 Census, and by assessing the impact on data quality of changes made to this strategy since the 2001 Census.