2023 Census heading for failure, forecasts National

The 2023 Census for the first time included questions about sexual identity and orientation. Deputy government statistician Simon Mason said in that advisory that, from May 9, people who had not completed all their census forms would receive a “final notice”. “We had more boots on the ground, more paper forms and more community engagement.”Whatever the final completion rate, the 2023 Census would be an improvement on the results obtained in 2018 Census, she noted. “The overall response rate for the 2018 Census was 81.6% excluding partial responses. “Stats NZ has asked Cabinet for another $37 million to try and finish the Census and get accurate and fulsome data.