Census 2021

Census 2021 will take place later this year.  There will be some additional issues surrounding collection of data due to COVID-19 restrictions, but the count is going ahead, and recruitment has also taken place, with thousand of part times jobs created - important at these times. The data collected by the Census is likely to confirm some of the trends seen in the article here for example.

It's a decadal opportunity to explore the important case study of demography and it's a useful context for teaching the ideas within population geographies, but also the importance of 'big' data sets.

It is also something we should be 'claiming' for geography.

A number of resources will be available nearer the time, including on the GA website and will also be featured in an article in the Spring 2021 GA Journals.

Primary resources can be found on the Let's Count site here

Secondary resources can be seen here.

These have been developed in association with the Office for National Statistics, and I am delighted to have helped with their creation in a number of ways. Find out more about them here: 

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