1921 United Kingdom census


The United Kingdom Census 1921 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that was carried out on 19 June 1921. It was postponed for two months from April due to industrial unrest and no census was taken in Ireland due to the Irish War of Independence. It was the first census in the UK to ask about place of work and industry, and whether a marriage had been dissolved by divorce.

Release

The census was conducted under the Census Act 1920 which prohibits disclosure for 100 years after the census was taken.
On 27 February 2019, FindMyPast announced that they had been awarded the contract by the UK National Archives to digitise and publish the 1921 Census online, which will be available for their subscribers from 1 January 2022.

Contents

In addition to the questions asked for the 1911 census, the following information was recorded: