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The Census in England is taken every ten years and has been since 1801; the only exception being during World War II (1941). Most pre-1841 census were not kept and therefore only a few pre-1841 census returns have been found.
The Census was taken on the following dates (click on the year to search):
1801 - 10th March
1811 - 27th May
1821 - 28th May
1831 - 30th May
1841* - 7th June
1851* - 30th March
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1861* - 7th April
1871* - 2nd April
1881* - 3rd April
1891* - 5th April
1901* - 31st March
1911** - 2nd April
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*Links provided by Ancestry.co.uk (Search ALL Years 1841-1901)
**Will be opened 1st January 2012
1841 UK Census (Search)
The following information was requested:
Name of street, place, road, etc.;
House number or name;
Name of each person that had spent the night in that household;
Age;
Sex;
Profession or occupation;
Where born.
Download a blank form for 1841
1851 UK Census (Search)
The following information was requested:
Name of street, place, road, etc.;
House number or name;
Name of each person that had spent the night in that household;
Relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family;
Person's marital status;
Age at last birthday;
Person's rank, profession, or occupation;
Person's place of birth;
Whether blind, deaf, or idiot.
Download a blank form for 1851
1861 UK Census (Search)
The following information was requested:
Name of road, street, etc;
House number or name;
Whether or not the house was inhabited;
Name of each person that had spent the night in that household;
Relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family;
Person's marital status;
Age at last birthday;
Person's occupation;
Person's place of birth;
Whether blind, deaf, or idiot.
Download a blank form for 1861
1871 UK Census (Search)
The information requested on the census included:
Address (name of the street, avenue, or road; house number);
Occupant (name of each person who spent the night in the house; their birthplace and relationship to head of family);
Residence (whether home was inhabited; number of rooms occupied);
Personal (sex, age, marital status);
Occupation (whether employer, employee, or neither);
Health (whether blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic).
Download a blank form for 1871
1881 UK Census (Search)
The following information was requested:
Name of street, avenue road, etc.;
House number or name;
Whether or not the house was inhabited;
Number of rooms occupied if less than five;
Name of each person that had spent the night in that household;
Relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family;
Each person's marital status;
Age at last birthday;
Each person's occupation;
Person's place of birth;
Whether deaf and dumb, blind, imbecile or idiot, or lunatic.
Download a blank form for 1881
1891 UK Census (Search)
The following information was requested: Name of street, avenue road, etc.; house number or name; whether or not the house was inhabited; number of rooms occupied if less than five; name of each person that had spent the night in that household; relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family; each person's marital status; age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in); each person's occupation; whether they are employer or employee or neither; person's place of birth; whether deaf, dumb, blind, or lunatic.
Download a blank form for 1891
1901 UK Census (Search)
The following information was requested: Name of street, avenue road, etc.; house number or name; whether or not the house was inhabited; number of rooms occupied if less than five; name of each person that had spent the night in that household; relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family; each person's marital status; age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in); each person's occupation; whether they are employer or employee or neither; person's place of birth; whether deaf, dumb, blind, or lunatic.
Download a blank form for 1901
1911 UK Census - Will be opened January 2012
The most important innovation made in 1911 was the use of the census to obtain more detailed information bearing on the fertility of marriage.
The 1911 Census was also the first in which machines were used for purposes of tabulation in Great Britain.
A significant consequence of the introduction of machinery was that it enabled the results of the census to be presented in greater detail than could ever have been attempted before.
(source: "Guide to Census Reports")
Additional Resources
UK Census Forms...
Census extraction forms are doubly valuable: not only do they allow researchers to see the format and column headings for various census years (especially if the schedules themselves are hard to read), they also provide a clean and convenient method for extracting and filing important information you find.
Interesting article... The History of the UK Census... Excerpt:
The census is one of the key sources for the family historian.
A census reveals who was living at a particular address in a particular place on census night. Every ten years, the census provides researchers with a snapshot of individuals and families across the nation. The census shows each person's name, their relationship to the head of household, age, and much more.
Another article... British Censuses... Excerpt:
There are some isolated surviving earlier censuses for a few places in earlier years of the 1800s, (from 1801), but the first major national census of use to family historians was carried out in 1841.
Access to censuses is restricted under a 100 year rule. Therefore, the latest census that can be viewed by the public is the one for 1901.
200 Years of the UK Census - changes over the last 200 years as revealed by the census.
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