2011 Census Information

Thank you for filling in your Census form

2011 Census forms will be used to produce population estimates for the country as whole as well as all geographical regions and all local authority areas. Completing your form will have helped Hampshire County Council get the best population estimate so that we can shape a better future for our community.

The information from the Census helps local authorities like ours to understand the needs of different people and groups in our community. This will give us a clear idea of the kind of services we should think about over the next ten years, in areas such as housing, schools, transport and healthcare. And, importantly, it will help make sure we get appropriate central government funding to plan those services.

For further information please see the 2011 Census website.

2011 Census Results:

Following Census day on 27th March 2011 work at the Office for National Statistics has now started to compile the results. A lot needs to be done to convert the 25 million Census forms into summary data, like that currently available for Hampshire from the 2001 Census. This means that 2011 Census results will start to be published from July 2012. We will publish information for Hampshire as soon as we can after that time. ONS have published a full timetable of when we can expect the results - The 2011 Census Prospectus

Some Census facts from years gone by:

Ancient Civilisations:

• In Roman times, people that were missed off the Census without good reason could have all their possessions confiscated, be imprisoned or sold into slavery.
• The Incas used to record Census information on strings of llama or alpaca hair.

Humorous Census Form Entries:

• In 1881, one woman gave her title as 'Maid of Allwork', her occupation as a 'slave' and a handicap as 'scarcity of money.'
• In 1911, one man named an occupant of his house as ‘Peter Tabby’ with the occupation ‘mouser’ and nationality ‘Persian’. The enumerator crossed out the entry with red ink and wrote: ‘This is a cat'.

Changing Job Titles:

• Everytime a Census is held some job classifications are removed and new ones added, here is a selection of old jobs no longer classified:
• Belly man - a piano maker who makes the shell and interior of the piano.
• Alley dasher - a factory worker who sweeps up between the machines.
• Wuzzer - someone who dries out wet wool in the weaving industry by whirling it around
• Gongman - a porter who sounds an electric gong on the platform and in refreshment rooms of a station, to warn passengers of the arrival and departure of a train.
• Wizard - an entertainer who exercises the skill of an illusionist and a conjurer to produce unexpected and illusionary stage effects.
  
  

More Census history facts are available on the ONS Census History website.