Census and Statistics Act 1905

{{short description|Act of the Parliament of Australia}}

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{{Infobox legislation

| legislature = Parliament of Australia

| long_title = An Act relating to the Census and Statistics of the Commonwealth.{{cite web |title=Census and Statistics Act 1905 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2020C00296 |website=Federal Register of Legislation |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=en}}

| citation = {{URL|https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C1905A00015|No. 15 of 1905}} or {{URL|https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2020C00296|No. 15, 1905 as amended}}

| territorial_extent = States and territories of Australia

| royal_assent = 8 December 1905

| date_commenced = 8 December 1905

| status = amended

}}

The Census and Statistics Act 1905 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, that was passed in 1905, and provides the power to the Australian Statistician to collect statistical information in the form of a census. The Act also mandates that the Australian Bureau of Statistics must publish the information collected in the census whilst maintaining the privacy of participant's personal information.{{cite web|title=ABS Legislative Framework|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/home/abs+legislative+framework|access-date=8 November 2021|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|language=en}} On 8 December 1905, the Act received royal assent whilst simultaneously beginning its initial commencement, and it has since been amended 19 times.