1971 United Kingdom census

Census 1971
25 April 1971
General information
CountryUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
AuthorityOffice of Population Censuses and Surveys
Websitewww.ons.gov.uk/census/2001censusandearlier/aquickguideto1991andearliercensuses

The United Kingdom Census 1971 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland carried out on 25 April 1971. The census will be released in 2071.[1]

A test census for this census year was conducted in 1968.[2] According to the preliminary general results of the census, the population of the United Kingdom on 25 April 1971 was as follows:[3]

The 1971 census was the first to ask when a foreign born resident arrived to the UK,[4] however this was not continued again until 2011. In addition to removed census questions, it was the first to ask residents about their parents' country of birth,[5] which was not asked again in any other census following. It was the first census additionally that allowed for the outputting of small area geography statistics in enumeration districts,[4] and asked for specific date of birth instead of just the present age of residents to get a more precise age at the date of the census.[4]

Results
TerritoryTotal PopulationMaleFemale
England England45,879,67022,299,46023,580,210
Scotland Scotland5,228,9632,514,6222,714,341
Wales Wales2,724,2751,324,2051,400,070
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1,536,065754,676781,389
Jersey Guernsey Channel Islands125,24060,80564,435
Isle of Man Isle of Man49,74323,00726,736
United Kingdom United Kingdom (total)55,573,95627,006,77528,567,181

See also

References

  1. ↑ Census detective. The National Archive. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Newman, Dennis (1971). "The Planning of the 1971 Census of Population". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician). 20 (2): 15–31. doi:10.2307/2987033. ISSN 0039-0526.
  3. ↑ Paxton, J. (22 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1975-76. Springer. pp. 69, 132. ISBN 978-0-230-27104-3.
  4. 1 2 3 Dale, Angela. "The research value of the census of population: experiences from the UK" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Ethnic minority entrepreneurship in Britain".


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