澳大利亚统计局（ABS）正为2026年8月11日的人口普查做准备，已启动与公寓和楼宇管理部门的协调工作，以确保普查人员能够进入安全公寓楼[1]。为完成这次普查，ABS已聘请约30,000名实地工作人员，他们将负责派送普查材料并跟进未完成普查的住户[1]。
部分普查人员的行为引起了建筑管理部门的警惕。据报道，有普查人员"直接要求获得钥匙"以进入住宅[1]。根据《人口普查与统计法1905》，授权人员拥有进入指定场所进行普查的法定权力，拒绝提供进入权限可能面临起诉和罚款[1]。
为确保普查顺利进行，ABS规定了访问时间框架：工作日上午8时至下午8时，周末上午9时至下午8时[1]。所有参与普查的工作人员均须接受警察审查并携带ABS身份证[1]。ABS预期普查相关访问将于9月底前完成[1]。
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is contacting apartment and building management authorities to facilitate access to secure residential buildings ahead of the 2026 census, scheduled for August 11[1]. The ABS has recruited approximately 30,000 field workers to conduct the census, tasked with distributing materials and following up with households that have not completed their responses[1].
Some census workers have directly requested building keys from management, raising concerns among property administrators, though such instances remain uncommon[1]. Under the Census and Statistics Act 1905, authorized personnel have the legal right to enter designated premises for census purposes, and refusing access may result in legal prosecution and fines[1]. All census workers undergo police vetting and must carry ABS identification[1].
Census-related visits are expected to occur on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and on weekends from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the ABS anticipating that all census activities will conclude by the end of September[1].