Enumerated population is the count of people found at a place on Census night. It records where people were, not where they usually live. A tourist in a hotel counts toward that area, not their home area.
This differs from the resident population, which counts people at their usual address. The Australian Bureau of Statistics adjusts these counts to produce the estimated resident population by moving each person to where they usually live and adding those who were missed.
The figures come from Census data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
These counts help link dwellings to people. By showing how many people were in each dwelling type on Census night, they help check whether the resident population in dwellings lines up with what was counted.