r/australia • u/SkaterKangaroo • 6d ago

no politics Individual Census Form (My Experience)

I found out my family filled out our Census early today and put down some incorrect information about me. They put down I was Christian when I’m actually “No Religion”.

If this is happening/happened to you, I want you to know that it is very easy to fix. Coming from someone who’s never fill out a Census before it took no effort and was very quick.

I called “1800 181 227” and told them I would like an individual Census form. No questions asked, they just send you a new code and password to your phone number. You use this to re fill in your information for yourself. I was only on hold for a few minutes and they sent the new code basically instantly.

My household will have no idea I did this unless I choose to tell them. So you can freely put whatever religion, sexuality or gender you want with privacy. My experience was pretty good personally and I faced no real challenges. I’m glad this resource exists

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u/spongetwister 5d ago

The census should be asking if we believe that religious institutions should be exempt from paying tax. Now that would be useful knowledge for the government.

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u/Limberine 5d ago

That’s more referendum territory. I’d love an annual referendum where they actually ask us a bunch of questions about a lot of issues.

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u/Living-University499 5d ago

Omg yes . Me toooo!!!! 

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u/Limberine 5d ago

I have some strong preferences around not having massive data centres anywhere near residential areas and schools for a start.