The Central Statistics Office (CSO)’s Public Consultation on Census Data Outputs is now live and the views of data users are being sought on the outputs that will be produced in 2027/2028, following next year’s census. This consultation will close on 18 September 2027.
The CSO is inviting you and your organisation (if you represent one) to tell them your data requirements and suggestions for Census 2027 outputs. They are also seeking feedback from users on several specific planned developments. CSO will examine all submissions made as part of this consultation and use them to inform its Census 2027 Dissemination Strategy, which will be published on www.cso.ie prior to Census 2027.
To participate in the consultation process, please visit the CSO website at https://launch.survey.cso.ie/public-survey-cookie?surveyid=914_26
Background
Before each census, CSO engages in an extensive public consultation process comprised of two elements. The first part of this consultation was on the content of Census 2027, and this took place in 2022-2023. Following the consultation, a Census Advisory Group (CAG) of expert users was convened to assist CSO in deciding which new and changed questions should be tested as part of a Pilot Survey, which was held in September 2024. Following analysis of the Pilot results by the CSO, the CAG reconvened in June 2025 and agreed the set of questions to be recommended for inclusion in Census 2027. Government subsequently approved Census 2027 in November 2025. The second element of this process is this current Public Consultation on Census 2027 Data Outputs.