Target group profiles (TGP) provide Census Profile variables for a subset, or target group, of the population. This TGP includes profile data for the population by employment status:
Total - Work activity during the reference year
Did not work
Worked part year, part time or full time
Worked full year part time
Worked full year full time
Total - Labour force status
Employed
Unemployed
Target group profiles (TGPs) provide data for a specific group of persons (a "target group"). All variables in the Target Group Profile are ‘person-level’ variables: their age, their gender, their family status (e.g., are they in a census family), the languages they speak, and so on. Because TGPs deal with the universe of persons, they do not contain any family- or household-specific variables. For example, the average family size, household income or renter/owner status are variables that do not relate to a person, but to a family or household, and so they are not included in TGPs.
25% vs 100% samples – Comparing values with publicly accessible data
The 2021 short form Census questionnaire was sent out to 100% of all households. The 2021 long form Census questionnaire was sent out to 25% of all households. Target Group Profiles are produced using the 25% sample. Variables that are available in both the 25% sample and the 100% sample will have different values depending on the source of the data. For example, the total population of a city taken from the 25% sample (a Target Group Profile) will differ from that taken from the 100% sample (the online Census Profile).
DA-level data is only avaible for these variables:
Total - Labour force status
Employed
Unemployed