Tax assessments (known in the later Empire as the indiction) were made in Britain in Roman times, but detailed records have not survived. In the 7th century AD, Dál Riata (parts … See more

England and Wales
The British government undertakes the census for policy and planning purposes, and publishes the results in printed reports and on the website … 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 … 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 false answers, shall be liable on 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 records from national censuses. These very large … 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 — Revisited. London: Institute of … See more