Census dates

• The UK census has been taken every 10 years since the first one was taken in 1801, the only exception being 1941. The dates when the census was taken are shown in the following table - in general the details recorded should have been of people present at each dwelling at midnight at the end of this day, although in later years the rules were clarified to include those, such as night shift workers, who returned to the dwelling the following morning, having not been counted elsewhere.
• 1801 - Tuesday 10th March
  1811 - Monday 27th May
  1821 - Monday 28th May
  1831 - Sunday 29th May
  1841 - Sunday 6th June
  1851 - Sunday 30th March
  1861 - Sunday 7th April
  1871 - Sunday 2nd April
  1881 - Sunday 3rd April
  1891 - Sunday 5th April
  1901 - Sunday 31st March
  1911 - Sunday 2nd April
  1921 - Sunday 19th June