List of United Kingdom censuses

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English The census in the United Kingdom is decennial, that is, held every ten years, although there is provision in the Census Act 1920 for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more. There are actually three separate censuses in the United Kingdom – in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland – although they are often co-ordinated. From 1821 to 1911, the census included the whole of Ireland.

There have only been three occasions in Great Britain where the census has not been decennial: There was no census in 1941 owing 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 owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> No census was held in Ireland in 1921, as a consequence of the Irish War of Independence; instead, Northern Ireland carried out a census in 1926, the first there for fifteen years.<ref name="auto1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn No census was carried out in Northern Ireland in 1931, but one was carried out in 1937.<ref name="auto2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Past censuses

Published censuses

The census records which have been published relate to the occupants of each household, as enumerated for the dates given below:

Unpublished censuses

Under the 100-year closure rule established after the 1911 census was taken, only summary results for censuses after 1939Template:Sndthough with significant statistical detailTemplate:Sndare published in the monthsTemplate:Efn following the enumeration dates given below; the full information (individual household entries) in later censuses will not be released until the dates stated, a century after each later census was conducted.

  • 1926 Northern Ireland Census – Sunday, 18 April:<ref name="auto1"/> 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 World War II waste-paper campaign.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite news</ref>
  • 1931 United Kingdom census – 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.<ref>1931 Census</ref> The scheduled publication date for the Scottish returns is 1 January 2032
  • 1937 Northern Ireland Census – Sunday, 28 February:<ref name="auto2"/> Unlike the 1926 Northern Ireland census, the 1937 census records survive.<ref name="auto"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (scheduled publication date 1 January 2038)
  • 1941 United Kingdom Census – no census taken owing to World War II
  • 1951 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 8 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2052)
  • 1961 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 23 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2062)
  • 1966 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 24 April mini-census using a ten per cent sample (scheduled publication date 1 January 2067)
  • 1971 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 25 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2072)
  • 1981 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 5 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2082)
  • 1991 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 21 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2092)
  • 2001 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 29 April (scheduled publication date 1 January 2102)
  • 2011 United Kingdom census – Sunday, 27 March (scheduled publication date 1 January 2112)
  • 2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses – carried out in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland only on Sunday, 21 March 2021 (scheduled publication date 1 January 2122). The census in Scotland was carried out on 20 March 2022<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

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