Census of Population and Housing 1971: Tabulation SP056
Record structure and details of classifications
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Tabulation SP056 contains 8 files, one for each State and Territory. Each file gives counts of persons in the workforce in the cross-classification Section of State by Age by Birthplace by Qualifications by Parents' birthplace by Schooling by Industry by Occupation and occupation status by Class of dwelling and walls by Kitchen/bathroom by No. of vehicles by Sex. Each record of the data file contains a count of the number of persons in one cell of the tabulation.
Tabulation SP056 consists of 8 data files, one for each of the six States and two Territories. The number of records in each file are:
New South Wales 1119883 Victoria 862160 Queensland 435938 South Australia 332629 Western Australia 316834 Tasmania 114120 Northern Territory 30462 Australian Capital Territory 49556
The record length is 22 characters.
Each record of the file contains information on one cell of the cross-tabulation, giving indicative values and a tally for the cell. The indicative values are the group codes of the characteristics which define a cell in the table. The tally is the number of persons counted in the census with that combination of characteristics. Cells with zero tally are omitted from the table.
- Section of State
- Age
- Birthplace
- Qualification held
- Parents' birthplaces
- Level of schooling
- Industry
- Occupation and occupation status
- Class of dwelling and walls
- Kitchen/bathroom
- No. of vehicles
- Sex
- Tally