Census enumerators to begin collecting forms from households around Kildare tomorrow

Census enumerators will tomorrow begin the task of collecting Census forms from around the country following Census night 2016. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is asking people to keep their completed forms safe and answer the door to their enumerator when they call back.

Deirdre Cullen, Senior Statistician at the CSO said, “We would like to say a big thank you to all of our enumerators for the fantastic work they’ve done to date. It’s a tough job and we are asking people to be as helpful as possible to the enumerators when they return to collect your form by having them ready to go.”

Once collected, the census forms will be returned to Census HQ in Swords, Co Dublin, where they will be securely stored before being scanned over the next six months. Once all of the data has been captured and checked it will be analysed and published early next year in the form of census reports covering a wide variety of topics.

"We are hoping to begin scanning the data as soon as possible so it’s important that all Census forms are collected quickly. Preliminary results of Census 2016 will be issued in July and the definitive results will be available within a year”, said Ms. Cullen.

The information gathered through the 2016 census will be used to inform policy makers and will play a crucial role in decision-making on, for example, where to build more houses, new schools, or locate new businesses.

Enumerators will continue to collect forms until 23rd May 2016. CSO are asking householders to keep their census form ready for collection and to look out for the enumerator as they call around.