Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All household questionnaires.

Notes for users
Hostel/institution size represents the count of persons in each hostel/institution. For this purpose, a hostel consists of the people enumerated on personal questionnaires in a hostel – people enumerated on household questionnaires are represented as separate households in census data and there is no way to identify them as part of a hostel or to link them back to a hostel. The variable ‘No. of household qus for hostels’ can be used in conjunction with ‘Hostel/institution size’ to give a more accurate representation of the size of a hostel. An institution consists of all people enumerated on the special enumeration questionnaire in an institution. See the introduction for more information on enumeration in hostels and institutions.
The number of persons is derived from unweighted person counts. An alternative variable can be derived in SuperSTAR using weighted person counts if required.
The code list for Hostel/institution size differs from that for Household size and many hostels and institutions are very large and this had to be allowed for in the data.
Although higher counts of persons have been collapsed for the SuperCross build, calculations can be done on the actual numbers as a special request.

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All hostel/institution questionnaires.

Notes for users
This question was included for households, hostels and institutions. Households were asked ‘How many rooms including kitchens are there for this household? (excluding toilets and bathrooms). One household could occupy one or more rooms, and in some cases, more than one household could share the same room. An additional instruction was included ‘For homeless write "0"’.
Hostels and institutions were required to state ‘No. of rooms (for sleeping) in the hostel (institution).’. As the questions differed, any analysis of this question should be done separately for households and hostels/institutions.
Although higher counts of rooms have been collapsed for the SuperSTAR build, calculations can be done on the actual numbers as a special request.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.5 How many rooms including kitchens are there for this household? (write in)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Front page No. of rooms (for sleeping) in the hostel (write in)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Front page No. of rooms (for sleeping) in the institution (write in)

Applicable population
All household, hostels and institutions

Notes for users
All households that lived in one room were asked ‘Do you share this room with any other households?’. If so, they were then asked ‘How many households?’. These two questions have been combined together in this variable for the final census data set.
The questions on households sharing one room were included to measure the level of overcrowding of accommodation. If no response was given to these questions, it was assumed in coding that the households were not sharing the room.
Care should be taken to ensure that households are not double counted when analysing this data as all households sharing a room would have been enumerated separately and each should have stated they were sharing a room. Each household should have stated how many other households were sharing the room, although some may have included their own household in the count.
Although higher counts of households sharing have been collapsed for the SuperCross build, calculations can be done on the actual numbers as a special request.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.5.1/2 (If 1 room for the whole household), do you share this room with any other households? If ‘Yes’, how many households? (first part pre-coded, second part write in)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Not included
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All households living in a single room

Notes for users
This question was included for hostels and institutions. They were required to state ‘No. of beds in the hostel (institution).’. This does not necessarily represent the number of people present in the hostel or institution as people may be sharing beds or beds may be unoccupied.
Although higher counts of beds have been collapsed for the SuperCross build, calculations can be done on the actual numbers as a special request.

Source
Household questionnaire: Not included
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Front page No. of beds in the hostel (write in)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Front page No. of beds in the institution (write in)

Applicable population
All hostels and institutions

Notes for users
Hostels could be enumerated using either household or personal questionnaires or a combination of the two, depending on the structure of the hostel. All the questionnaires used were summarised on the Summary book for hostels. Enumerators were required to write the number of household and personal questionnaires completed on the front of this summary book. This variable contains the number of household questionnaires used and the following variable contains the number of personal questionnaires.
This information can be used by persons requiring information on the size of hostels. There is no way to identify households enumerated as part of hostels or to link them back to the original hostel.
Although higher counts of household questionnaires have been collapsed for the SuperCross build, calculations can be done on the actual numbers as a special request.

Source
Household questionnaire: Not included
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Front page How many household questionnaires were completed? (write in)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All hostel questionnaires

Notes for users
See No. of household qus for hostels.
The number of personal questionnaires is as stated on the questionnaire and has not been reconciled with the derived hostel size. In theory, the number of personal questionnaires should be equivalent to this.
Although higher counts of personal questionnaires have been collapsed for the SuperCross build, calculations can be done on the actual numbers as a special request.

Source
Household questionnaire: Not included
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Front page How many personal questionnaires were completed? (write in)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All hostel questionnaires

Notes for users
Each household was asked for the type of dwelling in which they lived. An instruction was included on the questionnaire to the effect that where a household lived in more than one dwelling, they should indicate the main type. The full set of response options (which can be summarised for output purposes) is:

1. House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard
2. Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials
3. Flat in a block of flats
4. Town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex, duplex or triplex)
5. Unit in a retirement village
6. House/flat/room, in backyard
7. Informal dwelling/shack, in backyard
8. Informal dwelling/shack, NOT in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement
9. Room/flatlet not in backyard but on a shared property
10. Caravan/tent
11. None/homeless
12. Other, specify…..

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.4 Which type of dwelling does this household occupy? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Not included
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All households

Notes for users
Each household was asked whether the dwelling was owned by a member of the household.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.6 Is this dwelling owned by a member of this household? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Not included
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All households

Notes for users
Each household was asked whether there were any persons who were usually members of the household, but who were away for a month or more because they were migrant workers?. The following definition of a migrant worker was also provided: ‘A migrant worker is someone who is absent from home for more than a month each year to work or to seek work.’
If the respondent answered that there were migrant workers who were usually members of the household, further details were requested for up to four migrant workers per household. This information (age, gender, relationship and current address) is available on the migrant file. The migrant file should not include migrant workers who were at home on Census Night as they would be listed as ordinary members of the household.
A complementary variable was derived for households to record whether any migrant workers were present in the household. See Migrant workers present in household for more details.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.3 Are there any persons who are usually members of this household, but who are away for a month or more because they are migrant workers? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Not included
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All households

Notes for users
See Migrant workers absent from hhold
This variable was derived from the person-level file, question 10, which asked whether any person in the household was a migrant worker. See the person variable Migrant worker for more details.

Source
Derived from persons enumerated on Household questionnaires

Applicable population
All households

Notes for users
An institution is one that is not occupied by a household. It includes institutions such as a prison, hotel, hostel, home for the aged, etc.
The questionnaire used in institutions included a question on the type of the institution. The response options provided were:

Source
Household questionnaire: Not included
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Not included
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Second page Type of institution (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All institutions