History and Background:
The Census is a count of the whole population including every person and every household. A Census has taken place once a decade since 1801 (except 1941). Completion of the Census is compulsory under the 1920 Census Act.
Every ten years a Census is carried out in England and Wales with the aim of producing useful information including a count of the population. The 2011 Census day was on 27 March.
Census statistics are vital to help plan for the future, as Census data is used to inform central government calculations on the amount of financial support local authorities and other public bodies receive. Also, Census data is used to:
Provide accurate information on numbers of people, where they live, their characteristics and needs. This helps government organisations decide the allocation of resources to public services.
- Help central and local government to plan local services, including education, healthcare and transport;
- Benchmark and update the statistical base for population and households for use across all public services;
- Provide consistent and comparable insights and contextual information about small areas and population groups; and
- Support public policy development and evaluation
Timetable
ONS Census Activity Date
Online Census questionnaire goes live - 4 March
Census Day - 27 March 2011
Completion date for paper version - Up to a year
Completion date for online version - 6 May 2011
Results Timetable Released - March 2012
Preliminary Census Results - July 2012
Results From The 2011 Census.
The Office for National Statistics has released the 2011 Census Prospectus. The prospectus gives a timetable for the release of data from the 2011 Census. The first figures are due to be released in July 2012. More detalis are avialable from the 2011 Census Prospectus on the ONS website
Results from the 2001 Census
To access a selection of the results from the 2001 census on the LRO use the search bar and select the Census category. Alternatively you can visit the Office for National statistics census website for national information.
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