1961 United Kingdom census

Census of the population of the United Kingdom April 2022 March 2026 Census 1961 1951 1951 United Kingdom census 23 April 1961 1966 1966 United Kingdom census United Kingdom The United Kingdom Census 1961 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland carried out on 23 April 1961. It was the first to ask about qualifications, migration status, and household tenure. It was also the first to use a computer, an IBM 705 at the Royal Army Pay Corps, Worthy Down, Winchester. Release The census was conducted under the Census Act 1920 which prohibits disclosure. It is expected, however, that it will be released to the public in the year 2062.General Register Office: 1961 Census Database. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2017. The 1961 census was the first to use computers to process the results.Dale Angela The research value of the census of population: experiences from the UK https://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/cmist/archive-publications/occasional-papers/17-research-value-of-the-census.pdf This was the first census to ask where the household head was resident 1 year before the census. It was also the last census (since the introduction of the question in 1851) to include the question of county of birth to measure internal migration for the British born population.Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth Century https://www.routledge.com/Migration-And-Mobility-In-Britain-Since-The-Eighteenth-Century/Pooley-Turnbull/p/book/9781857288681 2026-05-02 Routledge & CRC Press en See also Census in the United Kingdom List of United Kingdom censuses References 1951 UK census 1961 1966 External links Category:Censuses in the United Kingdom Census Census United Kingdom