Census Order, 2021

L.N. 428 of 2021

CENSUS ACT

(CAP. 118)

Census Order, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 3 of the Census

Act, the Prime Minister has made the following order

The title of this order is the Census Order, 2021.

(Article 6)

The persons with respect to The

persons

by

whom

whom information is to be given information is to be given

1. (a) The

persons

1. Any adult member.

present at midnight ending the

Census Day in a dwelling,

lodgings or rooms, separately

occupied by any household of

which they are members, guests

(including paying guests or

boarders), or employees.

(b) The persons usually

resident in any such dwelling,

lodgings

or

rooms

but

temporarily absent therefrom at

midnight ending the Census Day.

2. The persons present at

midnight ending the Census Day

on the premises of any hotel,

boarding-house,

guest-house,

club, hostel or other common

lodging house.

3. The persons present at

midnight ending the Census Day

on the premises of any hospital,

nursing home, religious or

charitable community, residential

school or college, civil prisons or

other

place

of

detention,

approved or industrial school or

any residential establishment

whatsoever

not

being

an

establishment

mentioned

elsewhere in this Schedule.

4. The persons present at

midnight ending the Census Day

on the premises of any military

stations.

5. The persons present at

midnight ending the Census Day

on any ship or vessel lying

moored or anchored within any

of the ports of Malta or any ship

or vessel registered in Malta

engaged in any coastwise or

fishing voyage.

6. The

persons

not

included among any of the

classes of persons above

mentioned.

For the purpose of this order, unless the context otherwise

requires

"household" means one person living alone or a group of people

(not necessarily related) living at the same address who share cooking

facilities on most days or share parts of the dwelling such as a living

room, sitting room or dining area;

"midnight ending the Census Day" means midnight of the 21st

November 2021;

"midnight ending the Census period" means midnight of the 28th

November 2021;

"person" means any person residing in Malta on the midnight

ending the census day, including persons temporarily abroad who have

resided in Malta for the past twelve (12) months or have the intention

of staying in Malta for at least twelve (12) months.

(Article 7)

Part I - Population section

1. In respect of every person enumerated

(a)

full name;

(b)

legally valid identification document number;

(c) relationship between household members or status

within the institution, ship or vessel as the case may be;

(d)

registered sex;

(e)

date of birth;

(f)

citizenship;

(g)

country of birth;

(h)

place of ordinary residence;

(i)

racial origin.

2. In respect of person

(a)

his/her place of residence;

(b)

place of his/her residence one year ago.

3. In respect of women

(a)

date of birth of first-born live child, if applicable.

4. In respect of persons aged sixteen (16) years and over

(a) whether single, married, separated, divorced (but not

remarried) or had an annulled marriage or widowed (but not

remarried) by same/opposite-sex partner/spouse;

(b)

identified gender;

(c)

sexual orientation.

5. In respect of persons aged fifteen (15) years and over -

(a)

highest qualification or level of education attained;

(b)

labour status;

(c) whether one worked for pay or profit between 15 and

21 November 2021;

(d) if in the negative, the reason for not working between

15 and 21 November 2021;

(e) whether one was seeking employment during the four

weeks prior to 21 November 2021;

(f) whether one would be available to start working

within the next fifteen (15) days;

(g)

whether one works for cash, in kind or for profit

(h) if employed, what is one`s current employment status,

if applicable;

(i) if unemployed, what was one`s employment status, if

applicable;

(j)

if employed what is one`s job title;

(k)

if unemployed what was one`s job title, if applicable;

(l) if employed, name and economic activity of

employer;

(m) if unemployed, name and economic activity of last

employer;

(n)

locality of one`s place of work;

(o)

religious affiliation.

6. In respect of persons aged ten (10) years and over

(a)

whether one can read and write.

7. In respect of persons aged five (5) years and over

(a)

whether any health condition and/or long-term illness

exist/s;

(b) whether any difficulty/limitation exists due to various

health issues;

(c)

main spoken language when growing up.

8. In respect of persons aged one (1) year and over

(a)

year of most recent arrival in Malta.

A census in Malta with reference to population (including

employment) and housing shall be taken on the 21 November 2021.

The following European Union regulations apply to this

Order

(a) Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 9 July2008 on population and

housing censuses;

(b) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/2009 of 30

November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of

the European Parliament and of the Council on population and

housing censuses as regards the technical specifications of the

topics and of their breakdowns;

(c) Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2010 of 16 June

2010 adopting the programme of the statistical data and of the

metadata for population and housing censuses provided for by

Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of

the Council;

(d) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010 of 8

December 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of

the European Parliament and of the Council on population and

housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the

quality reports and the technical format for data transmission;

(e) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/

1799 of 21 November 2018 on the establishment of a temporary

direct statistical action for the dissemination of selected topics of

the 2021 population and housing census geocoded to a 1 km 2

grid.

Information for the purpose of the census shall be collected Information for

and furnished with respect to all persons who at midnight ending the purpose

census.

Census Day, are alive and present, or though absent, are ordinarily

resident

(a)

at any place on land within the territory of Malta;

(b) on any ship or other vessel lying moored or anchored

within any of the ports of Malta and on any ship or vessel

registered in Malta which is at that time engaged in any coastal or

fishing voyage; and

(c) all housing accommodation, facilities and amenities

in Malta.

Any adult member shall give the information for the Persons who are

purpose of the census relating to housing accommodation occupied or to

information.

held in tenancy by their households or existing within their institution,

ship or vessel, as the case may be. With regard to vacant housing

accommodation, the information for the purpose for the census shall be

given by such persons as in the opinion of the census officer can give

the requisite information

Provided that any person present at midnight ending census

day on the premises specified in items 2 and 3 of the first column of

the First Schedule may elect in such manner as is provided by the

Census Regulations, to furnish the census information personally, and L.N. 427 of

in that case any member shall furnish only the information set out in 2021.

paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of item 1 of the Second Schedule.

The particulars that may be required to be stated in the case

of persons with respect to whom information is to be given, shall be

those specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule, and in the case of

housing shall be those specified in Part II of the Second Schedule

Provided that the particulars that may be required in respect

of persons who are members of religious conventual communities shall

be only those specified in items 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of Part 1 of the

Second Schedule and that no particular shall be required in respect of

the accommodation occupied by such persons within the premises of

their religious conventual community.

The Census Order is hereby repealed.

In respect of persons aged between five (5) and fifteen (15)

(a)

type of place where person receives formal education.

Part II - Dwellings Section

In respect of every dwelling occupied by one or more

person, stating

(a)

type of main dwelling;

(b) number of dwellings in building blocks if one is

residing in a building block;

(c)

period of construction of dwelling;

(d)

the condition of the dwelling;

(e)

total number of rooms in the dwelling;

(f) the number of rooms rented to non-dwelling members

of used solely for business purposes;

(g) whether any member of the household rents, or owns

the dwelling and the amount of rent paid or emphyteusis;

(h) if one is renting or on emphyteusis, to who is the

amount paid to;

(i) if one is renting or on emphyteusis, when was the

contract signed or reached;

(j) if one is renting or on emphyteusis, the duration of

the contract/agreement;

(k) what kind of facilities are available (including: central

heating, air conditioning, water reverse osmosis, photovoltaic

panels, solar water heaters, well, internet connection);

(l) whether any member of the household makes use of,

or rents, or owns any holiday dwellings;

(m) if applicable, the localities of the holiday dwellings.

In respect of every vacant housing accommodation, such

details as occurring in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of item 10 of this

Schedule shall apply mutatis mutandis.

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