| Census 1991 | ||||
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| General information | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |||
| Authority | Office of Population Censuses and Surveys | |||
| Website | www | |||
A nationwidecensus, commonly known asCensus 1991, was conducted in theUnited Kingdom on Sunday 21 April 1991. This was the 19thUK census.
Census 1991 was organised by theOffice of Population Censuses and Surveys inEngland and Wales, theGeneral Register Office for Scotland and theCensus Office for Northern Ireland.[1] Detailed results by region, council area, ward andoutput area are available from their respective websites. The cost of the census was estimated at £140m,[2] or around £7 per household. 117,500enumerators were employed to assist with collection of census forms in Great Britain.[3]
The 1991 census was the first UK census to have a question onethnic group.[4] In the 1991 UK census 94.65% of people reported themselves as being White British, White Irish or White Other with 5.35% of people reporting themselves as coming from other minority groups.[5][6][7][8][9] Other new questions were on limiting long-term illness and term-time address for students. A question aboutcentral heating replaced the previously used question onoutside toilets.[3]
The census was also noted for a significant undercount of the population. Despite being compulsory, a total of 572,000 people failed to respond to both the census form and follow-up interviews, 220,000 of them being males aged 20 to 29. It has been suggested that part of the lack of response could be due to people attempting to avoid registration for thepoll tax.[10]
A total of 342 people were prosecuted for not completing their census returns.[11]
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