Background
The 1981 United Kingdom Census was conducted on the night of the 5th-6th of April 1981. In England and Wales the work was carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS), in Scotland by the General Registrars Office for Scotland (GROS) and in Northern Ireland by the Census Office of the Department of Health and Social Security
Getting the Data
The 1981 Small Area Statistics are available to download using the Casweb web application. A 'Login to Casweb' button is provided in the left hand menu. Access to the data is by the use of Athens userid's and is available free of charge to all staff and students at UK higher and further education establishments. For more information on accessing Census resources in the ESRC Census of Population Programme take a look at http://census.ac.uk
Getting Help
In order to answer some of your queries we have put together a number of information pages on aspects of the 1981 Census accessible from the menu at the top of this page, along with a 1981 section in the FAQ that should resolve most questions. However, if you have further queries then please get in touch with us by phone or email, you can find our contact details on the 'Support & Contact' page.
