Census at sea for cruisers

Census at sea for cruisers

While most of us will be sat at home completing this year’s Census forms, some 5000 P&O guests will be filling in their Census forms at sea this month.

As three of the cruise line’s ships are sailing in domestic waters on 9 August when the next Census is conducted, and while passengers will be offshore, they will not have cleared customs so must be included in the Census count.

Census staff were busy handing out individual Census packs to guests boarding Pacific Jewel in Sydney on the weekend, giving travellers the option to complete the Census form online during their cruise or fill in the paper form, which will be collected when the ship returns on 12 August.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics, working in liaison with P&O, will also have a team of staff supplying Census forms to passengers sailing on Pacific Aria from the Brisbane Cruise Terminal on 8 August as well as guests leaving Sydney on Pacific Pearl on 9 August.

While cruise ships have been counted in previous Census operations, three cruise ships sets a new record.

Australia’s largest peacetime operation, the Census aims to count everyone who is in Australia on Census night, collecting valuable data which helps inform planning and Government funding decisions for services and infrastructure.

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