2011 Census

Access to data from the 2011 UK Census of Population

The Census Offices are in the process of releasing data from the 2011 Census of Population (nearly 2 years after Census day - 27th March 2011!).

There are now a number of places from which you can access the data:

Country	Provider	Website
England & Wales	Office for National Statistics	http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/index.html
Wales	StatsWales	https://statswales.wales.gov.uk/Catalogue/Census/2011
Scotland	Scotland’s Census (National Records of Scotland)	http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/en/censusresults/downloadablefiles.html
Northern Ireland	NINIS (Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information System)	http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/Theme.aspx?themeNumber=136&themeName=Census%202011
UK	Nomis	http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/696.aspx
UK	SASPAC	http://saspac.org/data/2011-census/
UK	MIMAS	http://cdu.mimas.ac.uk/2011/data/

Digital boundary data for use in GIS programs

Country	Provider	Website
England & Wales	Office for National Statistics	http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/census/spatial/2011/index.html
Northern Ireland	NINIS (Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information System)	http://www.nisra.gov.uk/geography/SmallAreas.htm
England & Wales	SASPAC	http://saspac.org/support/2011-census/england-wales-2011/
UK	MIMAS	http://cdu.mimas.ac.uk/2011/data/boundary-data/index.html
UK	UKBORDERS	http://www.edina.ac.uk/ukborders (requires registration with www.census.ac.uk)

UK results are more limited and slower to appear, because of inconsistencies between national Census offices in table design and differences in timing of outputs. However, ONS
has created a page of UK results. This includes a UK population change map.

A guide to using the Census is available on the ONS website.

Alex Singleton (Liverpool University) has already created an 'electronic atlas' of maps using 2011 Census Key Statistics. You can access it from his web page.