STATISTICS AUSTRIA

Directorate Social Statistics

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1110 Vienna

AUSTRIA

Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.

This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports.

The regional breakdown of the Member States in the regional demographic tables is done under the most recent NUTS classification. There are agreements between Eurostat and Candidate countries as well as between Eurostat and EFTA countries, for which statistical regions have been coded in a way that resembles NUTS.

For more information on the versions in force, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/.

Not applicable.

Number of persons.

Austria. Population, live births and deaths data are available at national and regional level of geographical detail.

Migration 2002–2022.

Population 2002–2022.

Vital statistics: 1970–2022.

Not applicable.

Population, migration, naturalizations: number of persons.

Deaths, births: number of vital events.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).
The reference period for vital and dual events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred. The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.

The Federal Statistics Act 2000, Federal Law Gazette I No. 163/1999 as amended, provides the general legal framework and contains the basic provisions for the compilation of federal statistics: https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/pages/546/statistics_act.pdf.

The individual statistics for the European Statistical System (ESS) are ordered in the first instance by specific EU legal instruments, with the Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics forming the general normative framework and containing the fundamental principles for the compilation of European statistics: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02009R0223-20150608.

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The strict confidentiality provisions of the Austrian Federal Statistics Act 2000 regulate the handling of confidential data relating to individuals and organisations: https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/pages/546/statistics_act.pdf.

An internal directive of Statistics Austria on data security regulates staff’s handling of confidential data.

Employees of Statistics Austria are obliged to issue a written commitment stating their full compliance with all provisions on data security.

Publication of data with national concepts and definitions:

Population on 1 January, immigration and emigration:

— preliminary results by mid-February;

— final results ususally by mid-May (can be later in years of revision);

Vital events, marriages and divorces, registered partnerships and their dissolution:

— preliminary results quarterly;

— final results usually by mid-May of year after reference period;

Naturalisations:

— preliminary results quarterly;

— final results by mid-February of year after reference period.

https://statistik.at/en/medien/release-calendar

Not available.

Population, migration, naturalisations, vital events: quarterly.

Population on 1 January:

— preliminary results by mid-February;

Vital events, marriages and divorces, registered partnerships and their dissolution, immigration and emigration:

— final results by end of May of year after reference period (can be later in years of revision for migration data);

Naturalisations

— preliminary results quarterly;

— final results by mid-February of year after reference period.

Annual publication: “Demographisches Jahrbuch” published in November or December of year after reference year.

Online excel-data sheets covering the main results:

Population and migration:

— preliminary results quarterly;

— final results ususally by mid-May (can be later in years of revision);

Vital events, marriages and divorces:

— preliminary results quarterly;

— final results by mid-May of year after reference period;

Naturalisations:

— preliminary results quarterly;

— final results by mid-February of year after reference period.

Statistical database StatCube:

Population and migration:

— final results by mid-May of year after reference period;

Vital events, marriages and divorces, registered partnerships and their dissolution:

— final results by mid-May of year after reference period;

Naturalisations:

— preliminary results quarterly;

— final results by mid-May of year after reference period.

Statistics Austria provides access to anonymised microdata for scientific research purposes to members of accredited institutions via the Austrian Micro Data Center since July 2022. Such access is only given to defined research projects and is limited to data that is necessary for the project. Data can only be worked with through remote access and can neither be saved nor bought by the researchers (only the output of the analyses can be “kept”).

Further, Statistics Austria provides selected anonymised microdata of official statistics as standardised data sets (SDS) and as task-specific data sets (ADS) for use in scientific research and education. In the sense of statistical secrecy and as a measure of data protection, the data are anonymised so that a direct or indirect identification of a concrete individual case is de facto impossible.

Website of Statistics Austria: https://www.statistik.at/en/statistics/population-and-society/population.

See 11.1.

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According to Article 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata (In the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Article 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.

Delivery of data on time (before end of December 2023).

Data is comparable for all administrative units of Austria, as it is address-based. Non-valid addresses (a few cases every year) are corrected manually.

Data on population, deaths, births, acquisition of citizenship and marriages are coherent with other domains.

Immigrations and Emigrations: minimum duration of stay (365 days) deviates from national concept (90 days). Therefore national and Eurostat publications show different results.

Residence Permits and Migration Statistics: differences exist for the following reasons:

1) Asylum seekers are included in migration statistics, if they fulfil the general criteria for inclusion in the population (registration with main residence >90days). Asylum seekers are registered with a main residence upon claiming asylum in Austria.

2) Permit Statistics Register all permits issued with validity >3 months; yet EU migration statistics only cover those staying >365 days.

3) Permits may be issued in different reference period than occurrence of registration.

Missing PINs in permit statistics do not allow cross-validation of migration and population statistics with permit statistics in detail.

Population and Migration Statistics are produced on the basis of an ex-post-analysis of pseudonymised microdata on registrations and de-registrations in the Statistical Population Register. Consistency is ensured by using a single data source and applying unified conditions for statistical processing.

There is no complete consistency of population stocks and vital events, as vital events were just recently set up in the central civil registry (starting from November 2014) and complete matching is not yet possible. Also, data from the Central Population Register and the Civil Registry Register (CRR) may not be a 100 % consistent (by definition) as only data from the Central Population Register can be transferred towards the Civil Registry Register, but not the other way around.

Since data is due before the actual 12 months length of stay can be observed, the following procedures guarantee cross domain coherence:

a) Minimum duration of stay of migration flows is estimated for the last quarter of the reference period. Ex-post analyses show that the deviation from the actual minimum duration of stay of 365 days is negligible and consistency with the population stock is guaranteed.

b) Analyses have shown that the actual population under minimum duration of stay of 365 days differs from the national concept (90 days) by less than 0.1 %. Applying statistical models to estimate the minimum duration of stay of 365 days, before the actual stay can be observed, adds a larger statistical error than the actual deviation of the two population concepts. Therefore, the national concept is assumed as best estimate for the population under usual residence.

c) Demographic Balance remains almost unaltered from estimates, as statistical adjustment is less than 0.2 % of total population change in the reference year.

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If necessary, post-census revisions are conducted to restore consistent results of census and population statistics. Last revision in 2013. Following Census 2021, no revision was necessary in 2023 because of high consitency between results of census data and population statistics data.

No revision necessary in 2023. See 17.1

Continuously.

Population and migration:

Data is transmitted quarterly by the Central Residence Register (CRR) and implemented in Statistical Mirror Population Register.

Births and Deaths:

Central Civil Register and implemented daily in Statistical Mirror Vital Register (since November 2014).

Citizenship:

Data is transmitted quarterly by the Naturalisation Offices of Federal Territories and put together into a statistical database.

Checks for formal and contextual consistency. Details provided in national documentation.

Details provided in national documentation.

1. There is no complete theoretical consistency of population stocks and vital events, as vital events were just recently set up in the central civil registry (starting November 2014) and complete matching is not yet possible. Also, data from the Central Population Register and the Civil Registry Register (CRR) may not be a 100 % consistent (by definition) as only data from the Central Population Register may be transferred towards the Civil Registry Register, but not vice versa.
2. Although permitting conceptual differences in population, births and deaths (90 days registered residence) as compared to estimating 365 days of registered residence for immigration and emigration, demographic Balance remains almost unchanged and statistical adjustment is less than 0.2 % of total population change in the reference year.
3. Data on naturalisations cannot be connected to the Population Register.

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