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March 6, 2021 Fifties film star Julie Wilson fills in the 1951 census in her kitchen Credit: Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images
As the UK prepares to compile this decade s census, Martin Fone retraces its history.
On Sunday, March 21st, all residents in England and Wales will be legally obliged, under the amended Census Act of 1920, to complete a census form for the Office for National Statistics or face a fine of up to £1,000. Northern Ireland will hold its own census at the same time, but the Scots have deferred theirs until 2022. A decennial event, it provides an invaluable snapshot of the nation on that day and a treasure trove for future generations of social historians and genealogists.