Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Census

Thousands of homes sit vacant in WA shires amid worsening regional housing crisis, Census data reveals

Two shires in Western Australia have some of the highest rates of unoccupied housing in the country — but for two very different reasons.

ABC News

A million homes sit empty, so where are they and can they help ease the housing crisis?

Census data has revealed a million houses are sitting empty in towns where, just metres away, working families live in tents. These off-season ghost towns simply struggle to retain some fabric of community life.

ABC News

The changing nature of Broome, one of Western Australia's most multicultural towns

Broome prides itself on being a multicultural melting pot, but recent census data shows a drop in people bringing international cultures to the regional WA town.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

COVID-19 curbs off, but Census still on slow burner

Experts question the data gap and the missing decade in Census that remained uninterrupted even during second world war

The Hindu

Mortgage and rental stress are on the rise in the Hunter as wages fail to keep up

The proportion of Hunter households spending more than 30% of their income on mortgage repayments has doubled in five years. For renters, it's even worse.

Newcastle Herald

How much child support do parents actually receive?

Fifty-four percent of parents who were owed child support did not receive the full amount in 2017

USAFacts

Centre has no new data on child labour

The numbers drought arose after the National Child Labour Project was merged with the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan in 2016

The Hindu

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Census data shows poorest seats voted Coalition; byelections or polls from four states

The Poll Bludger covered findings from the 2021 Census on June 30. The most striking finding was that the Coalition won the ten seats with the lowest household income at the federal election. These seats are all in regional Australia.

The Conversation

Green hydrogen and clean energy transition inspiring parents, young people to remain in Gladstone

Emma Smith has always feared the day her children would have to move away to pursue a career. Now her hopes are pinned on the green hydrogen transition.

ABC News

Indigenous Australian population figures jumped in latest Census as pride increases and fears abate

Census figures show just under 4 per cent of the total Australian population now identifies as Indigenous. Experts explain the reasons behind the jump.

ABC News

What it means to identify as Indigenous in Australia, and how this might have contributed to the increase in the census

There are now almost one million Indigenous people in Australia, according to the 2021 Census.

The Conversation

Fewer Toowoomba residents identify as religious according to 2021 Census results

The ultra-conservative city in southern Queensland has long been considered one of Australia's most religious communities, but the latest census shows attitudes are changing.

ABC News

Increase in Indigenous population a proud moment for Australia

The latest census shows we collectively created an environment where more people are confident enough to proclaim their Indigenous heritage.

The New Daily

Regional homes vacant amid housing crisis

The Census has revealed more than 25 per cent of homes were unoccupied in some holiday hotspots.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Newsroom.co.nz

Urban renewal: A tale of two Avondales

The announcement of a 700-unit development opens the door to converting Auckland's run-down Avondale Racecourse to housing. And there are lessons from another Avondale.

Wales Online

Second homes and over-run services: The huge problems people say Wales is facing over its changing population

Data from the 2021 census saw the population of some areas increasing rapidly whilst others were on the decline

Nottingham Post

It's true, Nottingham does have more women than men as Census results are released

There are 5,700 more women than men in Nottingham

Nottingham Post

2021 Census shows Nottingham's population grew by 5.9% in last 10 years

The city is the second most densely populated in East Midlands

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The New Daily

Indigenous population nears one million, but reliable Census data is no simple equation

Changing classifications and self-definitions are in turn changing the official statistical picture of who Indigenous people are.

The New Daily

Australia's 2021 Census: five graphs that show a rapidly changing country

Australia has become more diverse in the past five years, with new official data revealing soaring migration and far fewer people identifying as Christian.

Wales Online

The huge population changes in Wales revealed in the first data from Census 2021

Some areas of Wales have seen a substantial fall in population

ABC News

Robinvale census results show small population increase, leaving Mayor 'deflated'

On paper, Robinvale is home to 3,740 people. But an independent study funded by the council found the actual number is closer to 8,000. Local officials say the discrepancy is putting people at risk.

ABC News

The Loop: More than 40 bodies found in truck in Texas, Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced, 2021 census data released

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

ABC News

Australia's 2021 Census data shows we're a very different country from five years ago. Here are some highlights

Australia looks very different from five years ago: There are as many millennials as baby boomers, there are more than one million single-parent families and there has been an "unexpected" move to high-rise living. Here's what the latest census data tells us.

The Conversation

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has increased, but the census lacks detail in other facets of Indigenous lives

The census counted 812,728 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on census night, making up 3.2% of the total people counted. That’s up from 649,171 in the 2016 census, an increase of over 25%.

1 … 10 11 12 13

People

Annastacia Palaszczuk

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.