The Central Statistics Office (CSO) invited submissions on the content of the form for the 2027 Census of Population between 30 November 2022 and 20 January 2023. Over 400 submissions were received. The CSO would like to thank all who made submissions.
The CSO convened a Census Advisory Group (CAG) to discuss the submissions. The group was made up of representatives of Government departments, public bodies, the social partners, research institutes and CSO personnel. Their remit was to assist the CSO in the framing of the Census 2027 questionnaire.
The group held its first meeting in June 2023. Following on from this meeting, a number of subgroups were formed to consider submissions in more detail. The subgroups made a number of recommendations which were presented at the second meeting of the CAG in February 2024. At this meeting the CAG decided on the questions to be tested in the Census Pilot which took place in September 2024.
The CSO presented its analysis of the Census Pilot Survey results to the Group in June 2025. The Group discussed the report and agreed on the set of questions for Census 2027. The Government approved the date of and questions for the census in November 2025.
In deciding on which questions to test in the Pilot survey the Census Advisory Group took the following into account:
The CSO's report on the Census Pilot Survey and the conclusions of the Census Advisory Group is now available.
Census Pilot Survey Report 2024
Copy of the Census 2022 form (PDF 4,886KB)