ABS Census - Collection District Master File (CD) 1981

The 1981 Census Collection District Master File (CDMF) contains counts of dwellings and persons, area and geographic codes for every Collection District (CD) in Australia for 1981. The geographic data include the latitude and longitude and the Commonwealth electoral division of the CD.\n\nCensus counts were based on place of enumeration on census night which; includes overseas visitors; excludes Australians overseas; and excludes adjustment for under-enumeration. The data is by Census Collection District 1981 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. \n\nThis data is ABS data (cat. no. 2103.0 & original geographic boundary cat. no. 1261.0.30.001) used with permission from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The tabular data was processed and supplied to AURIN by the Australian Data Archives. The cleaned, high resolution 1981 geographic boundaries are available from [data.gov.au](https://data.gov.au/dataset/census-1981-edition-boundaries).\n\nFor more information please refer to ["Making Sense of Census 1981"](http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/9C0C9F703AF5E397CA25758400120F3C/$File/21400_1981_Making_Sense_of_Census.pdf).