1921 United Kingdom census

Census 1921
Census 1921
General information
Country	United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Census 1921 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that was carried out on 19 June 1921. It was postponed for two months from April due to industrial unrest and no census was taken in Ireland due to the Irish War of Independence. It was the first census in the UK to ask about place of work and industry, and whether a marriage had been dissolved by divorce.^[1]

Enumeration[]

According to the preliminary general results of the census, the population of Great Britain on 19 June 1921 was^[2]

Results for Great Britain
Territory	Population
England and Wales	37,886,699
Scotland	4,882,497
Jersey	49,701
Guernsey and others	40,519
Isle of Man	60,284
Great Britain (total)	42,919,700

The census of Ireland was not taken until 1926, and the results were^[2]

Results for Ireland
Territory	Population
Northern Ireland	1,256,561
Irish Free State	2,971,992
Ireland (total)	4,228,553

In the 1911 census, the population of what was to become the Irish Free State had been counted as 3,139,688.^[3]

Release[]

The census was conducted under the Census Act 1920 which prohibits disclosure for 100 years after the census was taken.^[4]

On 27 February 2019, FindMyPast announced that they had been awarded the contract by the UK National Archives (in association with the Office for National Statistics) to digitise and publish the 1921 Census online for England and Wales, which will be available for their subscribers in January 2022.^[1]

On 27 October 2021, FindMyPast announced that the 1921 Census for England and Wales would be available online from 6 January 2022.^[5]

Contents[]

In addition to the questions asked for the 1911 census, the following information was recorded:^[1]

Employment details:

Householders' place of employment
The industry they worked in
The materials they worked with
Their employer's name.

If aged 15 or older, marital status (including if divorced)
If aged under 15, whether both parents were alive or if either or both had died.
Detailed questions on education

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Niall Cullen (27 February 2019). "The 1921 Census is Coming to Findmypast". FindMyPast. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Table Y.— Census Populations, 1921, British Empire, Dominions, Colonies and Possessions", in The Registrar-General's Statistical Review of England and Wales, Part 2 (Great Britain General Register Office, 1927) p.117
^ "Life in 1916 Ireland: Stories from statistics"
^ How to look for Census records. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ Sneak peek of 1921 census released ahead of January publication Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

Preceded by 1911	UK census 1921	Succeeded by 1931

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[fmp-20190227-1] Niall Cullen (27 February 2019). "The 1921 Census is Coming to Findmypast". FindMyPast. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

[1927Registrar-2] "Table Y.— Census Populations, 1921, British Empire, Dominions, Colonies and Possessions", in The Registrar-General's Statistical Review of England and Wales, Part 2 (Great Britain General Register Office, 1927) p.117

[3] "Life in 1916 Ireland: Stories from statistics"

[4] How to look for Census records. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[5] Sneak peek of 1921 census released ahead of January publication Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

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