UK Census 2011

The Office for National Statistics (ONS), is responsible for compiling the Census, a snapshot of the country so services can be planned more accurately.

UK Census 2011

Elmwood

Client: Office for National Statistics

Executive summary

The 2011 Census covered 25.4 million households

2,082,800 more households than expected responded promptly, within ten days

Increased overall response rate of over 94% despite 3.7 million more households to count

Census 2011 counted on Elmwood

The Censushappens once every 10 years, creating a snapshot of the country so services can be planned more accurately. The previous one, in 2001, had low response rates in the 'Difficult to Count' groups. Many people, even in easier to count groups, felt they were being checked up on,...

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