Unearthing the rough diamonds of Census data

Census data structure

DwellingsInternet, number

of bedrooms

FamiliesFamily type, family

income

Persons Age, birthplace,

marital status

DWELLINGS

FAMILIES

Persons

PERSONS

Relationship between levels

DwellingNumber of bedrooms, Tenure type, Internet, Dwelling structure, etc.

Family 1Couple family with children

Mary38

Family 2Lone parent family

Peter37

Jack12

Frank40

April8

Luke6

User defined fields• Creating new variables by tailoring and

combining existing variables

DP

PP

Example 1

DIndigenous household

PRelationship in

household

PIndigenous status

Example 1

Example 2

FAge of oldest

non-dependent child

PRelationship in household

(filter)

PAge

(copy)

Example 2

Example 2

Example 3Housing Utilisation

The Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS)

• no more than two persons per bedroom • children less than 5 years of age and of different sexes may reasonably share

a bedroom • children less than 18 years of age and of the same sex may reasonably share

a bedroom • single household members aged 18 years and over should have a separate

bedroom, as should parents or couples • a lone person household may reasonably occupy a bed sitter

Dwellings where this standard cannot be met are considered to be overcrowded.

Example 3

DHousing

Utilisation

PAge

PSex

PRelationship in household

DNumber of bedrooms

Example 3

Mining the Census diamonds• Do it yourself - Census TableBuilder – Basic (free) – Pro $

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• Build it yourself - Census Datapacks (free download)

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