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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay

‘Older, whiter and smaller’: new census data to show how Covid changed Australia

Social distancing signage at Scarborough beach in Perth
Social distancing signage at Scarborough beach in Perth in April 2020. Demographers are eagerly anticipating the release of the 2021 census as a snapshot of mid-pandemic Australia.
Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images

Australians are about to get a clearer idea of how we are changing as a nation, and how the Covid pandemic changed us, when results from the 2021 census are released.

On Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the first tranche of data covering topics such as population flows between cities and regional areas, how Australians are housed, the languages we use, Indigenous health and education, employment and unpaid rates of work.

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