188:- Sunday, 26 April: carried out in England, Wales, and Scotland, but not Northern Ireland. The England and Wales census returns were destroyed in an accidental fire in 1942; the Scottish census returns were stored in Edinburgh, and survived. The scheduled publication date for the Scottish returns is 1 January 2032
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There have only been three occasions in Great
Britain where the census has not been decennial: There was no census in 1941 due to the Second World War; a mini-census using a ten per cent sample of the population was conducted on 24 April 1966; and the planned Scottish 2021 census was delayed to 2022
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With larger population and more detailed questionnaires, as well as more granular results, publication dates are spread over a number of months. For the census applicable to enumeration on 21 March 2021, the first results for
England and Wales were not published until 28 June 2022, and the last set
170:
Under the 100-year closure rule established after the 1911 census was taken, only summary results for censuses after 1939 – though with significant statistical detail – are published in the months following the enumeration dates given below; the full information
254:- carried out in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland only on Sunday, 21 March (scheduled publication date 1 January 2022). The census in Scotland was carried out on 20 March 2022. (scheduled publication date 1 January 2123)
178:- Sunday, 18 April: The census returns were not transferred to the Public Record Office in Northern Ireland, and are believed to have been destroyed without authorisation, possibly as part of a
60:; instead, Northern Ireland carried out a census in 1926, the first there for fifteen years. No census was carried out in Northern Ireland in 1931, but one was carried out in 1937.
191:
175:
608:
603:
598:
410:
95:
89:
83:
561:
171:(individual household entries) in later censuses will not be released until the dates stated, a century after each later census was conducted.
194:- Sunday, 28 February: Unlike the 1926 Northern Ireland census, the 1937 census records survive. (scheduled publication date 1 January 2038)
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849:
554:
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for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more. There are actually three separate censuses in the United
Kingdom – in
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338:
854:
500:
73:
The census records which have been published relate to the occupants of each household, as enumerated for the dates given below:
411:"Population estimates by output areas, electoral, health and other geographies, England and Wales: rebased mid-2012 to mid-2020"
859:
547:
787:
792:
510:
484:
378:
593:
777:
672:
420:
388:
155:
823:
570:
20:
462:
797:
735:
730:
725:
720:
715:
710:
705:
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695:
690:
667:
655:
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635:
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613:
526:
415:
383:
251:
245:
239:
233:
227:
221:
215:
209:
203:
185:
149:
143:
137:
131:
125:
119:
113:
107:
101:
57:
813:
297:
of results is provisionally (as of May 2023) predicted to be published in
October or November 2023.
660:
367:
https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1937-census-preliminary-report.PDF
339:
https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1926-census-preliminary-report.PDF
264:
618:
218:- Sunday, 24 April mini-census using a ten per cent sample (publication date 1 January 2067)
44:– although they are often coordinated. From 1821 to 1911, the census included the whole of
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350:
8:
506:
480:
53:
33:
284:
41:
318:
828:
782:
772:
77:
29:
502:
Tracing Your Irish
Ancestors Through Land Records: A Guide for Family Historians
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843:
179:
159:
818:
25:
28:, that is, held every ten years, although there is provision in the
37:
56:. No census was held in Ireland in 1921, as a consequence of the
45:
242:- Sunday, 29 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2102)
236:- Sunday, 21 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2092)
224:- Sunday, 25 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2072)
248:- Sunday, 27 March (scheduled publication date 1 January 2112)
230:- Sunday, 5 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2082)
212:- Sunday, 23 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2062)
206:- Sunday, 8 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2052)
319:"Coronavirus: Census delayed by a year because of disease"
446:"Census lost: Historic 1926 NI records may be destroyed"
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A Guide to
Tracing Your Family History using the Census
379:"First results from Census 2021 in England and Wales"
351:"National Archives - History of Irish census records"
505:. Pen and Sword Family History. 30 November 2021.
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479:. Pen and Sword Family History. 30 August 2020.
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287:'s first census was also carried out in 1926.
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548:
682:
362:
360:
334:
332:
165:
842:
440:
438:
200:- no census taken due to World War II.
543:
68:
357:
329:
435:
13:
850:Demographics of the United Kingdom
14:
871:
63:
519:
493:
467:
456:
855:Censuses in the United Kingdom
527:"National Records of Scotland"
421:Office for National Statistics
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389:Office for National Statistics
371:
343:
311:
290:
277:
156:National Registration Act 1939
1:
304:
860:United Kingdom-related lists
571:Census in the United Kingdom
192:Northern Ireland Census 1937
176:Northern Ireland Census 1926
21:census in the United Kingdom
7:
258:
10:
876:
416:United Kingdom Census 2021
384:United Kingdom Census 2021
252:United Kingdom Census 2021
246:United Kingdom Census 2011
240:United Kingdom Census 2001
234:United Kingdom Census 1991
228:United Kingdom Census 1981
222:United Kingdom Census 1971
216:United Kingdom Census 1966
210:United Kingdom Census 1961
204:United Kingdom Census 1951
198:United Kingdom Census 1941
186:United Kingdom Census 1931
150:United Kingdom Census 1921
144:United Kingdom Census 1911
138:United Kingdom Census 1901
132:United Kingdom Census 1891
126:United Kingdom Census 1881
120:United Kingdom Census 1871
114:United Kingdom Census 1861
108:United Kingdom Census 1851
102:United Kingdom Census 1841
96:United Kingdom Census 1831
90:United Kingdom Census 1821
84:United Kingdom Census 1811
78:United Kingdom Census 1801
824:Census Enumerators' Books
806:
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681:
586:
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58:Irish War of Independence
52:due to the impact of the
814:Annual Population Survey
270:
788:1969 (Northern Ireland)
265:Census of Ireland, 1911
158:- Friday, 29 September
182:waste-paper campaign.
166:Unpublished censuses
80:- Tuesday, 10 March
140:- Sunday, 31 March
110:- Sunday, 30 March
69:Published censuses
837:
836:
761:
760:
754:
152:- Sunday, 19 June
146:- Sunday, 2 April
134:- Sunday, 5 April
128:- Sunday, 3 April
122:- Sunday, 2 April
116:- Sunday, 7 April
54:COVID-19 pandemic
34:England and Wales
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104:- Sunday, 6 June
98:- Monday, 30 May
92:- Monday, 28 May
86:- Monday, 27 May
42:Northern Ireland
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819:Beyond 2011
766:Census acts
683:Unpublished
463:1931 Census
844:Categories
305:References
587:Published
26:decennial
807:See also
579:Censuses
450:BBC News
323:BBC News
259:See also
38:Scotland
661:Ireland
619:Ireland
46:Ireland
745:Future
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395:14 May
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751:2031
271:Notes
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793:1991
783:1920
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736:2021
731:2011
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721:1991
716:1981
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706:1966
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691:1931
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668:1921
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651:1901
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614:1841
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