Government Statistician Epeli Waqavonovono has confirmed that September 17th has been fixed as the Census night and the data collection period will last 7 to 10 days.
Waqavonovono says preparatory works started last year with the mapping exercise for the 2017 census and the country will be subdivided into 1,900 Enumeration Areas.
He says Enumeration Areas are small geographic units which are demarcated based on a workload criteria.
He has also confirmed the 2017 census is funded by the $7.8 million budget allocation with the technical support from the Pacific Community (SPC), the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the World Bank and the United Nations Population Fund.
The Population and Housing Census aims to gather information on Age, Sex, Marital Status, Religion, Family Structure, Education, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Types of Economic Activities, Toilet Facilities, Water and Electricity supplies.
Meanwhile, Waqavonovono says census this year will be different from previous years, for the first time enumerators will use tablet devices to collect and store data.
The Population and Housing Census are conducted every 10 years in Fiji.
