Census of Population and Housing 1981: Local Government Area Summary File
Indicative Information and Data Code Groups
Description of the Summary Tables
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The Local Government Area Summary File presents summary characteristics of persons and dwellings for each local government area (LGA) in Australia.
The records for each LGA include geographic area codes indicating its State/Territory, Statistical Division and Statistical Sub-Division. The table information is made up of 34 tables giving data for both persons and dwellings, the table formats being identical to those contained in the Collection District Summary File. Dwelling tables include counts by structure, nature of occupancy, mortgages, rents, reason unoccupied, and numbers of occupants, households, rooms, bedrooms and motor vehicles. Persons tables include counts for males and females by marital status, usual residence (1976, 1980 and 1981), age, religion, family type, educational institution attendance, birthplace, period of residence, parents' birthplace, use of English language, highest qualification, age left school, income, occupational status, hours worked, mode of travel to work, occupation and industry.
For some basic information about the way Census 81 was planned, designed, executed and processed, information on the person and dwelling characteristics included in statistical output and some guidance to other census products, see "Making Sense of Census 81". See also the Geographic Descriptor File.
The LGA Summary File contains 2 data files of LGA summary data. Each logical record contains one record of geographic indicative information and 29 records containing 1065 counts or totals from 34 tables giving data for both persons and dwellings. All physical records are padded to a fixed record length of 240 characters.
The 1235 logical records are segmented into 2 LGA summary files as follows:
| LGA Summary File | LGA Records |
| 1. NSW, Victoria and Queensland | 744 |
| 2. South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory |
491 |
The LGA summary files contain one logical record for each LGA consisting of one record of geographic indicative codes (11 fields) and 29 records of tabular information (1065 x 6 character cells). Each physical record is 240 characters in length, the first 12 characters always being an identifying header.
The 11 cells of indicative information for the LGA Summary File are contained in the first physical record of each logical record in the following format.
- State
- Statistical Division
- Statistical Subdivision
- LGA code
- Record type
- Blank filler
- Area
- Name
- File name - 'LGASF'
- Date LGASF created - DDMMYY
- Blank filler
Description of the Summary Tables
The LGA Summary File contains data cells from the 34 summary tables listed below. Full details of the tables and cells are given in the "Condensed Format Summary Tables Description File (download .rtf version)".
Table
|
Dimensions
|
Number
of cells
|
Description
|
Table
population
|
| 1
|
12
x 2
|
24
|
Summary
of persons
|
Total
persons
|
| 2
|
2
x 1
|
2
|
Summary
of housing
|
Occupied
and unoccupied dwellings
|
| 3
|
6
x 2
|
12
|
Marital
status
|
Total
persons
|
| 4
|
12
x 2
|
24
|
1981
usual residence
|
Total
persons
|
| 5
|
13
x 2
|
26
|
1980
usual residence
|
Persons
aged 1+ years counted at their usual place of residence
|
| 6
|
13
x 2
|
26
|
1976
usual residence
|
Persons
aged 5+ years counted at their usual place of residence
|
| 7
|
32
x 2 x 2
|
128
|
Age
|
Overseas
born and total persons
|
| 8
|
17
x 2
|
34
|
Religious
denomination
|
Total
persons
|
| 9
|
8
x 3 + 1
|
25
|
Family
type
|
Families
and persons
|
| 10
|
4
x 2 x 2
|
16
|
Attendance
at an educational institution
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 11
|
31
x 3 x 2
|
186
|
Birthplace
by period of residence in Australia
|
Overseas
born
|
| 12
|
6
x 3 x 2
|
36
|
Birthplace
of parents
|
Australian
born
|
| 13
|
7
x 3 x 2
|
42
|
Competency
in English language by birthplace in English/non-English speaking countries
|
Overseas
born persons aged 5+ years
|
| 14
|
9
x 2
|
18
|
Qualification
- highest level obtained
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 15
|
11
x 2
|
22
|
Age
left school
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
|
| 16
|
15
x 4
|
60
|
Income
-
|
|
| individual
|
Persons
aged 15+ yrs
| |||
| family
|
Families
| |||
| household
|
Households
| |||
| 17
|
16
x 2
|
32
|
Age
|
Labour
force
|
| 18
|
5
x 2
|
10
|
Marital
status
|
Labour
force
|
| 19
|
7
x 2
|
14
|
Occupational
status
|
Total
persons
|
| 20
|
6
x 3
|
18
|
Hours
actually worked
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 21
|
5
x 2
|
10
|
Industry
sector
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 22
|
15
x 2
|
30
|
Mode
of travel to work
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 23
|
24
x 2
|
48
|
Occupation
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 24
|
27
x 2
|
54
|
Industry
|
Employed
labour force
|
| 25
|
9
x 1
|
9
|
Structure
of dwellings
|
Households
and persons
|
| 26
|
8
x 2
|
16
|
Number
of occupants
|
Households
- separate house and other
|
| 27
|
4
x 2
|
8
|
Number
of families in households
|
Households
- separate house and other
|
| 28
|
9
x 2
|
18
|
Number
of rooms
|
Households-
separate house and other
|
| 29
|
8
x 2
|
16
|
Number
of bedrooms
|
Households
- separate house and other
|
| 30
|
7
x 2
|
14
|
Nature
of occupancy
|
Households
and persons
|
| 31
|
18
x 2
|
36
|
Monthly
mortgages
|
Households
and persons in mortgaged dwellings
|
| 32
|
15
x 2
|
30
|
Weekly
rent
|
Households
and persons in rented dwellings
|
| 33
|
6
x 1
|
6
|
Motor
vehicles parked
|
Occupied
private dwellings
|
| 34
|
8
x 1
|
8
|
Reason
unoccupied
|
Unoccupied
private dwellings
|