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Census 2022 in Thuringia
Service Description
In 2022, a population, building and housing census (Census 2022) will take place in Germany. This statistical survey will determine how many people live, live and work in this country. Many decisions at the federal, state and local levels are based on population and housing figures. For this reason, both European law and federal law make it mandatory to regularly determine reliable basic figures in this regard.
The census essentially provides the following information:
- Current population figures,
- Data on demographics, i.e., age, gender or, for example, citizenship of residents, as well as on the educational level and labor force participation of the population,
- Data on household and family contexts in which people live,
- data on the housing situation, e.g., the average size of housing, vacancy rates, and rent levels.
This information is used in particular by the federal government, the states and local authorities, but also by a large number of associations and other interest groups, the scientific community and interested members of the public, among others, as a basis for political and economic decisions. They are also indispensable for shaping demographic change. For example, municipalities must be able to plan on the basis of reliable data how many kindergartens, schools, senior residences and social housing units will be needed in the future.
Process flow
A preliminary survey, which served to clarify the reporting area for the building and housing census to be conducted in 2022, took place in 2021.
Like the 2011 census, the 2022 census is designed as a register-based survey. Primarily, existing administrative data will be used and supplementary surveys will only be conducted if administrative data for certain characteristics are not available or are not suitable for evaluation from a statistical point of view. In addition to transfers of administrative data, especially civil register data and certain data sets of supreme federal authorities, the following are
essentially the following supplementary primary statistical surveys of the population are planned:
1. to statistically adjust for over- and under-reporting in the population register data and to identify information for which no information is available in the administrative registers,
- a survey of residents at representatively selected addresses (household survey on a sample basis), and
- a survey of all residents of residential homes (e.g., student dormitories) and shared accommodations (e.g., homes for the elderly, nursing homes and children's homes),
2. a postal survey of owners to obtain information on occupied and unoccupied properties.
Who should I contact?
The Thuringian State Office for Statistics is responsible for the 2022 census in Thuringia.
It is supported locally by municipal survey offices, which are operated by the administrations of the independent cities and counties during the period in which the census is being conducted.
If you have any questions about the census in general or about the building and housing census, please contact the hotline 0361 2242 7836 indicated in the cover letter.
For individual questions about conducting the household survey and the survey at residential homes and shared accommodations, please contact the census survey office in your independent city or county.
Which documents are required?
All required documents will be provided to you by the State Statistical Office or the survey agency responsible for conducting the household survey in your independent city/county.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The census date is May 15, 2022. You will be informed about the deadlines for submitting your reports by the State Statistical Office or the survey office in your independent city or district in separate letters.
Legal basis
Appeal
Online reporting of the building and housing census is possible at www.zensus2022.de. A paper questionnaire for the building and housing census can be requested by calling the hotline at 0361 2242 7836.
Respondents to the household surveys who were also selected for the supplementary survey will receive their online identifiers through their local survey officer or through the responsible survey office. A paper questionnaire can be requested from the responsible survey offices.
What else should I know?
Further information on the Census 2011 can be found
- on the website of the Thuringian State Office for Statistics and
- on the joint portal of the federal and state statistical offices.
Supporting institutions
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
THURINGIAN STATE OFFICE FOR STATISTICS
Professionally released on
10.06.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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