Aboriginal Employment Opportunity - Census Recruitment 2011 PDF Print E-mail

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) runs the Census every five years. The next one will be in August 2011. census

The Census collects information from everyone in Australia and is important for planning your community's future - including health, education and housing services.

In the 2006 Census the Aborigina undercount was estimated at 6% in New South Wales. This means that around 6% of Aboriginal people in NSW were not counted and as a result, funding for services may not have been provided for this group.

To prevent this from happening in the 2011 Census, the NSW Indigenous Engagement Team are encouraging Aboriginal people to apply for all field positions.

Aboriginal Census Recruitment Information (PDF)