we have a census every ten years in the uk.
how often do we have a census in the uk?
every ten years
united kingdom census, 2011





























a census of the population of the united kingdom is taken every ten years. the 2011 census was held in all countries of the uk on 27 march 2011. it was the first uk census which could be completed online via the internet. the office for national statistics (ons) is responsible for the census in england and wales, the general register office for scotland (gros) is responsible for the census in scotland, and the northern ireland statistics and research agency (nisra) is responsible for the census in northern ireland.
united kingdom census, 2011
launched in 2007, census.ac.uk provided a one-stop gateway to data and support services for users and researchers from higher education and further education in the uk to access census data from the 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001 censuses. census.ac.uk built on the work of the census registration service (crs) project (2001-2006), also based at the uk data archive, which provided a one-stop access and registration service for the same range of users and data. census.ac.uk offered additional services, including centralized searching across all census resources, help and support for users, census guides, workshops and online training materials.
uk data archive