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Census reminders will start to arrive next week and the field officers will begin their work on Tuesday, following up with households that have not returned their questionnaire.
We would like to clarify our guidance on what a member of the public should do if they are concerned that the person on their doorstep is not a genuine census official:
- Census officers will carry an ID card with their photograph and name
- Census officers will work through the day to make contact with residents but will not call before 09:00 or after 20:00
- Census officers will never ask for money or bank details
- Census officers will never need to enter someone’s home
- Census officers will have census leaflets and paper questionnaires with them
- If the householder is still concerned, they can ring the contact centre for further advice:
- England 0800 141 2021
- Wales 0800 169 2021
As you are only too aware, the census is a count of population and housing and it is crucial everyone is counted in Census 2021 - that includes people who might be living in a holiday or second home during the pandemic.
It is important that we have a separate census return for both someone’s usual and second residence (used for whatever purpose) as local services will still be required at both addresses.
If the pandemic has changed where a person is currently living, for example if they are staying at what they might have classed as a second address prior to lockdown restrictions, they will still need to complete a census form for both households.
Whichever address you regard as your usual residence, you will be asked to complete a full set of census questions. For the other address you will be asked questions about the household as well as basic visitor questions, if someone is staying there on 21 March 2021.
For more information about completing the census for holiday homes or second homes, and how you can request online access codes, head to census.gov.uk.
The Census 2021 media campaign is in full swing and many of you may have noticed Pete Benton's contribution on The One Show last night. As well as our TV adverts there are also mentions of Census 2021 in Eastenders and Gogglebox!
Don't forget to look out for iconic buildings in your area being lit up purple this weekend. Many famous landmarks in England and Wales are being lit up at 20:21 tonight, Friday 19 March, until Sunday night.
Photo credit: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire
Thank you to all local authorities who are continuing to promote Census 2021 through their social media channels. Almost 90% of local authorities have now mentioned census on social media, reaching an audience of approximately 31 million users. This is another huge increase in audience numbers from last week's 25 million.
Congratulations to our top 5 social media LAs:
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Slough Borough Council
- Caerphilly County Borough Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Enfield London Borough Council
You can find a pack of social media posts and images to use on our downloadable resources page. These resources can be adapted to suit your local areas. Please note, if you require rural images please speak to your CEM.
From 5 November to 18 December 2020 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) held a public consultation that invited views on our proposed Census 2021 Output Geography Policy and our plans for geography products and services.
A full response to the consultation was published 12 March 2021 via Citizen Space, the online platform used by ONS to conduct consultations.
View the full consultation response here.
A huge thank you to all LAs who now have a Census 2021 page on their website. Since we mentioned that 75% of LAs have this, the figure has increased to almost 84%.
If you haven't already done so, please consider signposting users of your website to census.gov.uk, census.gov.uk/help/find-a-census-support-centre and our contact centre numbers.
Could we also ask you to check that your customer service team are giving out the correct contact centre number (available here) as some LAs are redirecting callers to ONS headquarters.
- Issue Thirteen - January 2021 – Students, February workshops, addressing update, website resources
- Issue Fourteen - 5 February – Rough sleepers, trading standards, call centres
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Issue Fifteen - 12 February – Enumerating students, addressing update, Council Tax data and Campaign launch
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Issue Sixteen - 19 February – Schools update, FAQs, Council Advertising Network
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Issue Seventeen - 26 February – 2nd campaign toolkit, CSCs, Contact centre, Council Tax
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Issue Eighteen - 15 March – Education update, social media calendars, CSCs, downloadable resources
Census 2021 Website: www.census.gov.uk
Recruitment: Census Jobs
Quality Assurance: ONS’s approach and processes for assuring the quality of 2021 Census data
Census 2021 Questionnaire: paper questionnaires are now available to view online
Census Order and Regulations for England and Wales:
Census (England and Wales) Order 2020.
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