We are now opening a public consultation on the data outputs from Census 2027.
The CSO invites all census data users, both individuals and organisations, to indicate their data requirements, and suggestions for outputs, by responding to this consultation. The consultation is open until 18 September 2026.
You can complete the consultation survey form here.
You can email your submission to census2027consultation@cso.
Or you can post it to us at: Central Statistics Office, The Campus Swords, Balheary Road, Swords Co. Dublin K67 D2X4.
CSO will examine all submissions received to help develop the Census 2027 Dissemination Strategy, which will be published on cso.ie before Census 2027.
This consultation follows the previous consultation on the Census 2027 form content. The CSO received over 400 submissions with suggestions for new questions, and changes to existing questions, during this consultation. These were reviewed by the Census Advisory Group, which recommended a set of questions to be trialled in the Census Pilot Survey 2024.
Following analysis of the responses to the Pilot Survey, the CSO published a report on the consultation, the Pilot Survey, and the conclusions of the Group, including its recommended content for the Census 2027 form. Census 2027 was approved by Government in November 2025.