The date of this census was delayed from the original planned April date to 19th June due to strikes. The data from the census will be made available in January 2022, initially on a "pay per view" basis.
Details recorded for each person, as at 19th June, were:
- Full address of the property
- Names of persons in each household
- Relationship to head of household
- Age (this was now required as years and completed months, rather than just years as in previous censuses)
- Sex
- “Marriage or Orphanhood”
- For those aged 15 and over this field recorded if you were single, married, or widowed, and for the first time D was to be recorded for those whose marriage had been dissolved by divorce
- For those under 15 this recorded if both parents were alive, father dead, mother dead or both dead
- This field again shows the impact of the First World War with a greater proportion of widows recorded than in 1911, and 730,000 children recorded with “Father dead” versus 260,000 with “Mother dead”
- Place of birth; and nationality for those born outside the UK
- Occupation and Employment
- If in full or part-time education
- Principally for recording those at school or university, but could also include adults taking evening classes
- For those employed, name and type of employer, otherwise recording “employer”, or “own account”
- Those out of work are instructed to give their last employer and add “out of work”
- Place of Work; the employer’s address (except for those in private employment such as domestic service
- Number of children or stepchildren under the age of 16
- To be filled in by married men, widowers and widows, a total number followed by a cross in a box for each age that was applicable to a child or stepchild.