Tax assessments (known in the later Empire as the indiction) were made in Britain in Roman times, but detailed records have … See more

The British government undertakes the census for policy and planning purposes, and publishes the results in printed reports and on the website of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). A number of datasets are also made … See more

In 2001, the census form was completed by 94 per cent of the population in England and Wales, with a further 4 per cent identified by the census enumerators, though the results still represented 100 per cent of the … See more

Under section 8 of the Census Act 1920, whoever refuses or neglects to comply with the census, makes a false declaration, makes, signs, or delivers a false document, or causes the same, or refuses to answer, or gives fal… See more

Traditionally, outputs are released in the form of tables of counts at various levels of geography. However, microdata, known Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) are UK data-sets consisting of samples of individual r… See more

• Census Enumerators' Books
• Census of Ireland, 1911
• Citizen Information Project
• Demographics of the United Kingdom… See more

• Nissel, Muriel (29 November 1987). People Count, A history of the General Register Office (1987 1st ed.). Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 0-11-691183-2.
• Higgs, Edward (2005). Making Sense of the Census — … See more