The United Kingdom Census 1901 was the 11th nationwide

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conducted in the

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, and was done on 31st March 1901 "relating to the persons returned as living at midnight on Sunday, March 31st". The total population of the

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and

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, and Ireland (including what is now the

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) was 41,458,721 of which 21,356,313 were female and 20,102,406 were male. The foreign-born population was recorded at 1.4%

Geographic scope

It was divided into three parts:

and

, and

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. The census in England, Wales and Scotland was legislated for by the Census (Great Britain) Act 1900. The England and Wales part of the census contains records for 32 million people and 6 million houses. Certain parts of the records have suffered damage and therefore some information is missing, but it is largely complete with the exception of parts of Deal in Kent. The census of England and Wales does not include the census of

. The

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is included in the England and Wales returns. The data for the census of Scotland is held in a different location to that of the England and Wales census. Prior to the secession of the

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, the whole of Ireland engaged in the census on the same night, however none of the census returns from Ireland for the 19th century still exist, except for partial returns. The 1901 census is the first complete surviving census, and is available online. The census in Ireland was legislated for by the

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Information included

The entries for households on the census returns for 1901 fall under the following headings: * Road, street, town or village, number or name of house * Whether the house is inhabited or not * Name and surname of each person * Relation to Head of Family * Condition as to marriage * Age last birthday * Profession or occupation * Whether employed or not * Where born * Whether deaf and dumb, blind, lunatic, imbecile or feeble-minded * Also crews of Vessels and residents of Institutions. The term "idiot" on the 1891 census was replaced by the term "feeble-minded".1801-1901.
Office for National Statistics. Archived by The National Archives 28 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

Online access

The census data was published online in 2003 on a site run by The National Archive. Since then the data has also been available on other sites on a subscription basis. The data is mainly used by genealogists, family historians, name researchers and anyone wanting to know more about their Welsh and English ancestors in 1901. It can also be used to research hamlets, villages and parishes to build a historical perspective.

References and sources

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''Census of England and Wales (63 Vict. C. 4.) 1901: General Report with Appendices''"> ''Census of England and Wales (63 Vict. C. 4.) 1901: General Report with Appendices''
(Great Britain. Census Office. H.M. Stationery Office, 1904) p302 {{Census in the United Kingdom British genealogy websites 1901

Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

April 1901 events

Geographic scope

Information included

Online access

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References and sources