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type: Dataset
citation: Office for National Statistics; National Records of Scotland; UK Data Service. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-1981-1
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-1981-1
geographic coverage: Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland)
granularity: Country level down to Output Areas and Small Areas
isopen: true
license id: uk-ogl
license title: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
license url: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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metadata modified: 2025-08-19T11:07:14.342992
name: census-1981-data
notes: Archive of 1981 census aggregate data for England, Wales and Scotland, as made available originally on the Casweb (<https://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk>) platform.
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title: Census 1981 data
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frequency: Decennial
topics: Accommodation and housing,Demography,Education and qualifications,Ethnicity,Identity,Migration,Transport,Travel to work or study
units: Household spaces,Households,Persons
years: 1981
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tags: children
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tags: countries
tags: dependents
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tags: immigration
tags: migration
tags: population
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…
type: organization
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description: zip file containing PDFs of the census questionnaires used for the 1981 census
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name: Cesnsus Questionaire PDFs
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