800,000 forms distributed for Abu Dhabi census

Abu Dhabi authorities have distributed nearly 800,000 forms to the emirate’s households, hotels and other establishments to be filled as part of the largest census to be carried out by the oil producer.

Nearly 600,000 forms were allocated for families and the rest for hotels and other institutions in the capital, the eastern oasis town of Al-Ain and the Western region, said the Abu Dhabi Statistics Centre (SCAD), which is supervising the project that will last around three weeks.

Hundreds of SCAD employees fanned out across the emirate last week to hand the papers while thousands of forms were left near the door for unattended houses.

Families were asked to fill the forms and send them back to SCAD.

“The Abu Dhabi Census 2011 is a major project that aims to provide official statistics and build an updated database for the people who live in each of the regions of the emirate (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region),” SCAD said in a statement at the start of the census last week.

“The information obtained from the 2011 Census will depict a complete picture of the population of the emirate, both nationals and non-nationals.”

Latest estimates by SCAD show Abu Dhabi emirate’s population stood at around 1.96 million in mid 2010, including nearly 1.1 million in Abu Dhabi city.

Emiratis were estimated at just over 900,000 in the emirate. Life expectancy for males was put at 74.9 year and for females at 77 years. The emirate’s GDP was estimated at Dh620 billion in 2010,with a per capita income of around Dh315,000, one of the world’s highest GDP per capita levels.

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