| Family History - Census Information |
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England & Wales |
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| Year | Date | GRO ref | Content | Status | Notes | Example |
| 1801 | 10th March | Head count | Open | |||
| 1811 | 27th May | Head count | Open | |||
| 1821 | 28th May | Head count | Open | 1821sample | ||
| 1831 | 30th May | Head count | Open | |||
| 1841 | 6th June | HO 107 | Basic | Open | First ‘modern’ census | 1841ess1 |
| 1851 | 30th March | HO 107 | Full | Open | ||
| 1861 | 7th April | RG 9 | Full | Open | 1861oxf | |
| 1871 | 2nd April | RG 10 | Full | Open | England_Census | |
| 1881 | 3rd April | RG 11 | Full | Open | ||
| 1891 | 5th April | RG 12 | Full | Open | ||
| 1901 | 31st March | RG 13 | Full | Open | ||
| 1911 | 2nd April | RG 14 | Additional | Open | First census to be completed by head of family (usually). | |
| 1921 | 19th June | RG 15 | Additional | Closed until 2022 | ||
| 1931 | 26th April | Additional | Closed | Destroyed by fire in World War II | ||
| 1939 * | 29th September | Open | * National Registration | |||
| 1941 | Missed due to War | |||||
| 1951 | 9th April | RG 16 | Additional | Closed until 2052 | ||
| 1961 | 24th April | RG 17 | Additional | Closed until 2062 | ||
| 1971 | 26th April | RG 74 ? | Additional | Closed | ||
| 1981 | 6th April | Additional | Closed | |||
| 1991 | 22nd April | Additional | Closed | |||
| 2001 | 29th April | Additional | Closed | |||
| 2011 | 27th March | Additional | Closed | |||