Households in Coonamble and Gilgandra will take part in a large-scale Census Test this August, as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) prepares for the 2026 national count.
Around 60,000 households across Australia have been selected for the test, including those in regional Queensland, Western Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales.
According to the ABS, locations were selected using 2021 Census data to ensure a broad representation of demographic and geographic diversity…