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44-556: At the 2016 Census , the region had a population of 46,100. The median age of people in Macedon Ranges is 42 years, and the most common ancestries were English 29.1% Australian 28.8%, and Irish 10.6%. The majority of the region's residents were professionals, with education and medicine/allied health being the most cited professions. The region has, per capita, more working artists than anywhere else in Victoria. Macedon Ranges

88-543: A sustainable living from the rich natural environment. Their communities are still active today. Europeans arrived around 1834 when explorer John Aitken came to the area now known as Gisborne , bringing merino sheep to the area from Tasmania. Many pastoralists followed Aitken's lead and began arriving from both Tasmania and New South Wales. Early interactions between Kulin Aboriginal people and European settlers were mixed: while there were reports of cooperation between

132-613: A "very substantial financial settlement" with the Commonwealth as compensation for the failure of the 2016 online Census. The census forms were able to be submitted online until 23 September. Once collection was complete, the ABS issued an announcement which confirmed that in spite of the initial online problems, there was a preliminary response rate of more than 96%. This consisted of 4.9 million (over 58%) online submissions and 3.5 million paper forms. The preliminary response rate

176-678: A diplomatic passport are excluded, as per the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations . Those on vessels between Australian ports, or planes between Australian airports are included. All private dwellings are counted. Caravans in caravan parks and manufactured homes in manufactured home estates are counted if they are occupied. Non-private dwellings are included if they are occupied. This includes hotels, hospitals and prisons. Non occupied residences of owners, managers or caretakers are included and unoccupied, self contained residences in retirement villages are included. The 2016 census had

220-554: A full-time police station in conjunction with the CFA station , State Emergency Service and medical-ambulance facilities. Sporting facilities cater for AFL football , cricket , soccer , tennis , netball gymnastics , and lawn bowls as well as a heated indoor pool. The popular golf course is located within the township and regularly features as one of the top 100 public access courses in Australia. The Gisborne Soccer Club president

264-439: A paper census had to order such forms via an automated hotline. Letters were sent to each dwelling with unique code numbers that people would need to either login to the census website, or order a paper form if they preferred. By census night, many households had still not received such a letter. Contrary to previous years where censuses were both delivered and retrieved from households by dedicated census employees, in 2016 most of

308-634: A population of 1,796 in 2011 (Norfolk Island Government Census). Of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. The enumeration of Norfolk Island was an area of special attention for the ABS. Of all residents over two-thirds (66.7% or 15,614,835) were born in Australia. Over a quarter of the population (26.3% or 6,163,667 persons) said they were born overseas, plus 1.6 million did not state any response. The proportion of overseas-born people from Asia has increased from 33% in 2011 to 40%, while Europe has declined from 40% in 2011 to 34% in 2016. However, England (907,572 or 3.9% of Australia's population) remains

352-509: A quiet lifestyle within easy commuting distance from the city. As such, the town has grown substantially over the past 5–10 years, with an increase of almost 2,600 residents since 2011, although planning controls have been implemented to protect the character and "outstanding natural beauty" of the region. The original inhabitants of Gisborne were the Dja Dja Wurrung and Wurundjeri Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people have lived in

396-550: A response rate of 95.1% and a net undercount of 1.0%, with 63% of people completing the Census online. In the period leading up to census date the Australian Government decided that the retention period for names and addresses would be increased to up to four years, from 18 months in the 2006 and 2011 censuses, leading to concerns about privacy and data security. As such, some Australian Senate crossbenchers (from

440-502: A third data release was from 17 October 2017. For the first time, the ABS significantly favoured internet submission of census forms over the traditional paper forms, claiming it expected more than 65% of Australians would complete the census online. Reflecting this new preference, the tagline of the ad campaign for the census was the rhyming slogan "Get online on August 9". Across many regions, paper forms were no longer delivered by default to homes, and households that wished to complete

484-742: Is a town in the Macedon Ranges , located in Wurundjeri Country about 54 kilometres (34 mi) north-west of Melbourne , Victoria, Australia . It is the largest town in the Macedon Ranges Shire , with a population of 14,432 as of June 2021 in the Gisborne district region. Gisborne is known for its country homesteads, tree-lined streets, restaurants and cafes. The town has become a popular ' tree change ' destination for Melbourne residents seeking large leafy blocks and

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528-409: Is characterized by dramatic undulating landscapes, expansive forests and granite-strewn pastoral vistas. Much of the region is designated as National Park and protected from development. National Parks in the region include Hanging Rock Reserve , Wombat State Forest , Macedon Regional Park and Black Hill Reserve . The region covers an area of 1,747 square kilometres (675 sq mi). The highest peak in

572-501: Is ex- Socceroo and Melbourne Victory captain Carl Valeri . A number of media reports have made reference to the influx of young professionals, artists and ' hipsters ' to the region, drawn by the region's natural beauty, proximity to Melbourne and access to city-style cafes and restaurants. The large numbers of new residents is making the local population growth rate among the fastest in regional Victoria. Locals, worried about

616-608: Is largely serviced by major publication newspapers such as The Age , but Gisborne also receives free weekly regional news from the Midland Express , as well as a monthly Gisborne-dedicated publication, the GREAT Gisborne Gazette . Gisborne features as a backdrop for several films and television series, including Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King . In 2022, Gisborne South

660-464: Is on the Bendigo Line , serviced by V/Line . Trains take 20 minutes between Gisborne and Sunbury , where customers can connect directly to Metro services ; otherwise, V/Line can take customers directly into Melbourne's CBD, terminating at Southern Cross Station . When the railway line was being built, it was too difficult to get the trains down into Gisborne's township due to terrain, so instead

704-672: The Bendigo railway line . Most of the towns in the region have at least one local government primary school, including some of the most elite government schools in Victoria. Candlebark Primary School and Alice Miller High School (both of whose principal is John Marsden , renowned Australian author and educator) provide alternative education options. Secondary school options include Braemar College east of Woodend (Ecumenical, co-educational), Kyneton Secondary College , Sacred Heart College (Catholic), and Gisborne Secondary College . 2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census

748-627: The Gisborne railway station was built just outside the township, forming the new suburb of New Gisborne . The town has its own dedicated bus service operated by Gisborne Transit which runs looped shuttle services around the township, as well as on-demand pick-up and drop-off services connecting townsfolk to the railway station, as part of PTV . The town receives all of Melbourne's metropolitan digital television channels , including Channel 31 . The town also receives television from Mount Alexander but signals from Melbourne are much stronger. The town

792-579: The Greens , Nick Xenophon Team and Jacqui Lambie Network ) said they would not complete those specific sections of the census, despite the fines associated with incorrect completion of the census. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the first release of census data became available to the public on the ABS website on 11 April 2017, two months earlier than for any previous census. The second release of data occurred on 27 June 2017 and

836-742: The Macedon Ranges and the closest to Melbourne's city centre, which can be accessed easily via a 45-minute drive along the Calder Freeway or a 50-minute train ride on the Bendigo Line . The population in June 2018 was 13,963 having grown on average 2.93% year-on-year for the five years preceding 2018. The town centre has many cafes and wine bars, as well a theatre, restaurants and galleries, monthly farmers' market, an organic butcher and four supermarkets ( FoodWorks , IGA (supermarkets) , Coles Supermarkets and Aldi ) stocking local produce, as well as organic, vegan and gluten-free foods. Gisborne has

880-602: The Port Phillip District , set up an outpost for his Border Police troopers to assist colonialists with the suppression of Aboriginal resistance. A hotel named the Bush Inn was built near the barracks in the same year. Gisborne Post Office opened on 22 March 1850, and the Bush Inn was renamed the Gisborne Hotel ten days later, in honour of Henry Fyshe Gisborne. Gisborne is the largest township in

924-513: The 2016 Census data can be used with confidence. The Census form had 51 questions relating to the characteristics of individuals, plus an extra nine questions relating to households. Of the sixty questions, the following two questions were optional: The population counts for Australian states and territories were that New South Wales remains the most populous state, with 7,480,228 people counted, ahead of Victoria (5,926,624) and Queensland (4,703,193). Australian Capital Territory (ACT) experienced

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968-611: The Australian bases of the Australian Antarctic Territory . Visitors to Australia are included, regardless of how long they are staying for, however those who have been in the country less than a year answer fewer questions on the census. People who enter Australia but do not go through migration formalities are excluded. This includes those on ships in Australian waters that remain on the ship at port. Foreign diplomats and their families or those who travel on

1012-477: The Macedon Ranges area for at least 26,000 years. The Wurundjeri, Dja Dja Wurrrung and Taungurung communities are still active. The Gisborne town site was first settled by Europeans on 24 March 1837 by George Hamilton (Australian police officer) . The area further south of Gisborne had been settled earlier by John Aitken , who squatted on the land having shipped his merino sheep from Tasmania . In 1840, Henry Fyshe Gisborne , Commissioner of Crown Lands for

1056-640: The aim of the 2016 Australian census is "to count every person who spent Census night, 9 August 2016, in Australia." The census covers every Australian state and mainland territory, as well as the external territories of Christmas Island , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , and Norfolk Island . It does not include the other external territories of Australia. People who leave Australia but do not go through migration formalities are included, counted as part of an "Off-Shore Statistical Areas Level 1" in Tasmania. This includes those on oil and gas rigs near Australia and those at

1100-407: The character of the region. A number of media reports have made reference to the influx of young professionals, artists and ' hipsters ' to the region, drawn by the region's natural environment, proximity to the city and access to city-style cafes and restaurants. The region's iconic landscapes and its proximity to Melbourne have made it a destination for film and television production. Macedon

1144-454: The closure. The census website was restored at 2:30 pm on 11 August. On the same day Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stated his unhappiness over the event, which had "been a failure of the ABS", with his expectation that "heads will roll" once a review was complete. Leader of the opposition Bill Shorten said that the 2016 census had been the "worst-run ... in the history of Australia". The ABS blamed service provider IBM for

1188-447: The crowds of gold miners . The gold rush of the 1850s-1870s ensured that the area continued to flourish, and the construction of the railway between Melbourne and Bendigo from 1858 to 1862 brought many new residents to the region. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, Melbourne's wealthy social elite began to settle the area in earnest due to large blocks of land on the south side of Mount Macedon being released to them by

1232-531: The environmental and cultural impacts of this growing popularity, successfully campaigned for new planning controls to protect the character of the region. In the 2016 census , Gisborne had a population count of 9,822 people. At the time, 82.1% of the town's residents were born in Australia, with the most common foreign countries of birth being England (4.0%) and New Zealand (1.3%). The most common responses for religion were "No Religion" (35.3%), Catholic (28.3%) and Anglican (13.0%). The town's railway station

1276-478: The failure in the online census, saying that IBM had advised on the preparedness and resilience to DDoS attacks and had not offered any further protections that could be employed. On 31 August, Parliament initiated an inquiry into the 2016 census. It released its findings on 24 November and found that no individual party was responsible but it was shared between the government, IBM, and the sub-contractors. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that IBM made

1320-454: The five years to 2016, according to census data. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said 116,000 people were homeless on census night in 2016, representing 50 homeless people per 10,000. The majority of homeless people in Australia were male. In addition, Indigenous Australians and recent migrants were over-represented among the homeless. The 2016 census was the first to offer an option other than "male" or "female", however, this option

1364-512: The government. As a result, many grand Victorian homes with extensive ornamental gardens were established as summer residences. The proliferation of historic gardens and iconic architecture helped make the region a popular destination for holiday houses and tourists - a designation which remains today. In recent years, the region's popularity has soared to new heights: proximity to Melbourne , boutique bed and breakfast accommodation, burgeoning food and wine industries and thriving arts scene have made

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1408-617: The groups, there were also several massacres of Aboriginal people reported in the 1830s and 40s. In the 1850s, gold was discovered north of the Macedon Ranges in the areas now known as Castlemaine , Ballarat and Bendigo in the Victorian Goldfields . As the Macedon Ranges is located between the state capital Melbourne and the Goldfields , Middle Gully, now Macedon , became a hub of activity and provided inns, beer houses, coffee tents, blacksmiths’ forges and stores for

1452-589: The largest population growth of any state or territory over the past five years, with an increase of 11.2% while Tasmania had the smallest growth at 3.0% since the last census in 2011. Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night. The inclusion of Norfolk Island in Other Territories was new for 2016, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. In the 2016 Census, there were 1,748 people, compared with

1496-633: The most common country of birth, followed by New Zealand (518,466 or 2.2%). It was question 12 on the 2016 Census Household Paper Form. Proportion of overseas-born population. The highest reported ancestries in Australia and for the external territory of Norfolk Island as a percentage of population. Results of the ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2016 are as follows. There were 649,171 Indigenous Australians , who made up 2.8% of Australia's population. The number of homeless people in Australia jumped by more than 14,000 – or 14 per cent – in

1540-482: The outage on the census website. Results from the 2016 census were available to the public on 11 April 2017, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, two months earlier than for any previous census. The second release of data occurred on 27 June 2017 and a third data release was from 17 October 2017. Australia's next census took place in 2021 . The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) states

1584-470: The paperwork relating to the census was delivered from and to the ABS by Australia Post . The 2016 census was met by a significant controversy, which meant that many Australians could not complete the census online on the designated census day. The ABS census website shut down at about 7:30 pm AEST on the night the census was to be completed. According to the ABS, throughout 9 August the census website received four denial-of-service attacks . At 7:30 pm, when

1628-505: The region highly sought after, drawing tourists but also large numbers of new residents, making the local population growth rate among the fastest in regional Victoria. In fact, the towns of Gisborne and Woodend saw increases in property prices of 14.91% and 21% in 2019 respectively, while property prices in the rest of Australia were in free fall. Locals, worried about the environmental and cultural impacts of this growing popularity, successfully campaigned for new planning controls to protect

1672-626: The region is Mount Macedon 's Camel's Hump, which is often covered in snow in winter due to its high elevation (1,011 metres or 3,317 ft). The area experiences colder winters and hotter summers than the state capital Melbourne. The original inhabitants of the Macedon Ranges are the Kulin nation - specifically, the Wurundjeri , Dja Dja Wurrrung and Taungurung people, who have lived there continually for at least 26,000 years. The Kulin lived by fishing and domestical agricultural practices, making

1716-450: The site was being heavily used, a software failure meant that the ABS was unable to keep blocking the denial-of-service attacks, leading to the failure of a router. As a result, the ABS decided to close down the system as a precaution. The 15th Chief Statistician , David Kalisch stated that no census data were compromised. The Australian Signals Directorate assisted the ABS to bring the infrastructure back online more than 24 hours after

1760-748: Was depicted in Picnic at Hanging Rock , the 1975 mystery movie based on the novel of the same name . Scenes in Where the Wild Things Are were filmed in the forest surrounding Mount Macedon . The 2009 Nicolas Cage film Knowing was shot in Macedon and nearby in Mount Macedon . The towns of the Macedon Ranges are easily accessible from Melbourne's CBD via the Calder Highway and

1804-496: Was one of the highest-rated areas in Australia in the Quality of Life Index 2008 , and was the highest rated in Victoria (outside Melbourne), ranking 13th of 590 Australian local government areas. About 35 per cent of people who live in Macedon Ranges live outside a town boundary in a rural setting, preferring to live sustainably through the use of rainwater, solar panels and home-grown vegetables, fruit and eggs. The Macedon Ranges

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1848-425: Was only available on a special version of the online form. Some trans people criticised the difficulty in accessing this alternative form. The online nature of the census also prevented transmasculine people who checked the "male" box from answering questions about pregnancy and having children, as it would automatically skip those questions. Gisborne, Victoria Gisborne ( / ˈ ɡ ɪ z b ər n / )

1892-536: Was similar to the previous two census response rates of 95.8% in 2006 and 96.5% in 2011. An independent panel established by the Australian Statistician to quality assure the data from the 2016 census found it was fit for purpose, comparable to previous Australian and international censuses and can be used with confidence. The Independent Assurance Panel I established to provide extra assurance and transparency of Census data quality concluded that

1936-599: Was the 17th national population census held in Australia . The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 23,401,892 – an increase of 8.8 per cent or 1,894,175 people over the 2011 census . Norfolk Island joined the census for the first time in 2016, adding 1,748 to the population. The ABS annual report revealed that $ 24 million in additional expenses accrued due to

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