CSO calls on Mayo people to complete Census Pilot Survey ahead of closing date

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is once again calling on people in Mayo to take the last chance to complete the Census Pilot Survey 2024. 

There are just seven days left to make history by being among the first people in Ireland to test a census form online.

The Census Pilot Survey will close next Friday, October 25, before which everyone can have the chance to take part, even if you are not living in the selected Census Pilot areas.

The online form can be filled in using a mobile phone, tablet, laptop, or PC, with the possibility to save the answers at any stage and come back and complete it later. 

We are particularly encouraging anyone who has already requested an online access code but has yet to finish the survey to take this last opportunity to complete it.

So far, more than 80 percent of people who completed the form online have done so in one session, taking an average of 20 minutes per two-person household and an average of 28 minutes per four-person household. 

The CSO needs as many people as possible to help them by completing the forms to provide them with crucial feedback for Census 2027.

Eileen Murphy, Head of Census Digital Transformation, said: “Already, we are gaining great insights from the Census Pilot Survey. This is a historic new departure for the census in Ireland, and we have had a great response from the public.”

Once the closing date has passed, the CSO will analyse all the information, which will tell them how the new questions worked and how well the online form performed. 

The public feedback will be an important part of this, with a report on the Census Pilot Survey to be published in 2025.