The census by definition is for people WHO LIVE in a country where it’s conducted, but apparently that’s not the case in Australia where they even make it mandatory for non-citizens (tourists) when they are only visitors (who DO NOT live in Australia in the first place), the logic doesn’t make any sense. Like if, a tourist should not be forced to do it since they hold a foreign passport and have no residential address in Australia.
They have incredible historical value. I got into genealogy a bit when mum died. People simply don’t turn up in official records all that often besides birth, marriage and death. Census data fills out that middle, nicely.
We do need to have faith in the ABS protecting our data for 99 years. But yeah: 99 years from now I will have no need for anonymity any longer.
Firstly, if this were true, it’s not an appropriate reason to be collecting names.
Secondly, it’s absolutely not true.
In the before times in a “census” you might have shown up and gotten counted and given your name.
Now there’s just no way ABS is publishing your address
I mean, at least do a cursory check of the ABS website before you plop onto the Internet and pretend to know what you’re talking about.
LOL.
I genuinely wonder what the people of 2100 will be thinking about their ancestors who opted to have their names retained in this way.