[Question 6: What is your place of birth?]

The purpose of questions 6 - 10 is to study migration patterns, both short-term and long-term. The resulting information will give us a picture of where people are moving to and from and their characteristics in terms of age, sex, education, occupation etc.

Comparing a person's place of birth (question 6) and his or her current place of usual residence (question 7) gives an indication of the extent of longer term migration.

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If the person was born in Ireland, they should write in the county their mother lived in at the time of the person's birth.

If the person was born outside Ireland, they should write in the country their mother lived in at the time of the person's birth.

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[Question 7: Where do you usually live?]

Location (question 7) is a key characteristic that is used with other data to build an accurate picture of our population. It is the basis for the annual population estimates and for population projections. It is also used to determine changes to electoral boundaries.

This box should be marked if the person lives at the address on the front of the Census Form.

Mark this box if the person usually lives somewhere else in Ireland, and write in the full address.

There are 7 spaces at the end of the address for the eircode of the place of usual residence to be written in if known.

Mark this box if the person usually lives outside Ireland, and write in the country.

By comparing a person's usual residence one year before the Census (question 8) and their residence at census time (question 7), we get an indication of the extent to which people change residence. The responses also provide data on the extent of internal migration within Ireland.