eCensus grabs attention

This year's census for the first time allowed respondents to use the Web-based eCensus form to submit data to the ABS. By 8am (AEST) today, over 720,000 households had submitted forms via the eCensus.

The peak period for the application came between 8pm and 9pm on August 8 (Census night), when 72,000 eCensus forms were submitted. Up to 55,000 households logged on simultaneously during this time.

Census day saw the application serve up more than 12.5 million page views.

Assistant director for the eCensus project, Peter Clark, said feedback on the eCensus was "very positive".

The application was custom-built by IBM using DB2 and WebSphere software.

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Is this considered a success? Scott McKenzie -- 17/08/06 (in reply to #120140223)

My partner and I tried to use eCensus but were asked to wait 30mins and try again. We then proceeded to complete the paper forms.

How many others were asked to wait and didn't bother going back?

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Got through first time Damian S -- 17/08/06 (in reply to #120140224)

I got through first time, logged in and completed half the census, saved it, went and had dinner, logged back in again and completed the rest.

No mess, no fuss, no worries. I would definitely consider this to be a success for the ABS - I was somewhat expecting it to fall in a screaming heap.

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Unable to complete online Stephen -- 17/08/06

On my first attempt at about 10am wednesday, I was unable to start due to 'internal server errors'. After waiting a few hours I got through to about page three and it dropped out again. I didn't end up completing the census.

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