A nationwide
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
, commonly known as
Census 1991, was conducted in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
on Sunday 21 April 1991. This was the 19th UK census.
Census 1991 was organised by the
Office of Population Censuses and SurveysThe Office of Population Censuses and Surveys , was created in May 1970 through the merger of the General Register Office and the Government Social Survey Department....
in
England and WalesEngland and Wales is a legal unit within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Unlike Scotland and Northern Ireland, England and Wales follow the legal system known as English law, and the two form the constitutional successor to the...
, the
General Register Office for ScotlandThe General Register Office for Scotland is a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administers the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland. It is also responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct of...
and the
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research AgencyThe Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency is an executive agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland. The organisation is responsible for the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of Northern Ireland...
. Detailed results by region, council area, ward and
output areaThe Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
are available from their respective websites.
The 1991 census was the first UK census to have a question on
ethnic groupAn ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the researcher Seng Yang in the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common cultural,...
.
The census was also noted for a significant undercount of the population.
A nationwide
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
, commonly known as
Census 1991, was conducted in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
on Sunday 21 April 1991. This was the 19th UK census.
Census 1991 was organised by the
Office of Population Censuses and SurveysThe Office of Population Censuses and Surveys , was created in May 1970 through the merger of the General Register Office and the Government Social Survey Department....
in
England and WalesEngland and Wales is a legal unit within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Unlike Scotland and Northern Ireland, England and Wales follow the legal system known as English law, and the two form the constitutional successor to the...
, the
General Register Office for ScotlandThe General Register Office for Scotland is a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administers the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland. It is also responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct of...
and the
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research AgencyThe Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency is an executive agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland. The organisation is responsible for the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of Northern Ireland...
. Detailed results by region, council area, ward and
output areaThe Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
are available from their respective websites.
The 1991 census was the first UK census to have a question on
ethnic groupAn ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the researcher Seng Yang in the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common cultural,...
.
The census was also noted for a significant undercount of the population. Despite being compulsory, a total of 572,000 people failed to respond to both the census form and follow-up interviews, 220,000 of them being males aged 20 to 29. It has been suggested that part of the lack of response could be due to people attempting to avoid registration for the
poll taxThe Community Charge, popularly known as the "poll tax", was a system of taxation introduced in replacement of the rates to part fund local government in Scotland from 1989, and England and Wales from 1990. It provided for a single flat-rate per-capita tax on every adult, at a rate set by the...
.
See also
- Census in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has taken a census of its population every ten years since 1801, with the exception of 1941 . In addition to providing a wealth of interesting information about aspects of the make-up of the country, the results of the census plays an important part in the calculation of resource...
- Demographics of Scotland
Scotland has a population of 5,168,000 . Covering an area of 78,782km² , Scotland has a population density of . Around 70% of the country's population live in the Central Lowlands — a broad, fertile valley stretching in a northeast-southwest orientation between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow,...
- List of United Kingdom censuses
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