Census Dates

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UK Census are conducted every 10 years as of midnight on a Sunday
Note that Census returns are subject to the 100 year rule - the next release will be
the 1921 Census in 2021, unless the regulation is altered!
 
     
1801 10th March Little use for Genealogy    
1811 27th May Little use for Genealogy    
1821 28th May Little use for Genealogy    
1831 30th May Little use for Genealogy    
1841 6th June Available    
1851 30th March Available    
1861 7th April Available    
1871 2nd April Available    
1881 3rd April Available    
1891 5th April Available    
1901 31st March Available    
1911 2nd April Available as from 13-01-2009 Freedom of Information Act used to force the release of this Census  
1921 19th June Not yet released    
1931 26th April Destroyed by fire in WWII which was not caused by enemy action and appears to have been an accident. The Scottish Census for this year survived as it was stored in Edinburgh.  
1939 29th Sept For issue of ID cards - except service personnel.    
1941   No census due to WWII    
1951 8th April Not yet released scheduled publication date 1 January 2052  
1961 23rd April Not yet released scheduled publication date 1 January 2062  
1966 24th April Not yet released mini-census using a ten percent sample (publication date 1 January 2067)  
1971 25th April Not yet released scheduled publication date 1 January 2072  
1981 5th April Not yet released scheduled publication date 1 January 2082  
1991 21st April Not yet released scheduled publication date 1 January 2092  
2001 29th April Not yet released scheduled publication date 1 January 2102  
2011 27th March Not yet released scheduled publication date 1 January 2112  
         

 


 
            
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