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.
because it’s not just about citizens who live in the country. It’s an opportunity to collect data about a variety of things from ethnicity, to religion, internal migration, visitors and where they are accommodated and on and on.
I’m sure demographers think it doesn’t collect enough data