1971 Census data

The 1971 Census was undertaken on the night of 25/26 April 1971. The Census was carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) in England & Wales and the General Registar Office for Scotland (GROS). The aggregate outputs from this Census were called the Small Area Statistics (SAS) and are now available in SASPAC. To update from SASPAC v9.00 to access this dataset users need to download the update files (zip) and upgrade to version 9.07. Detailed instructions on how to do this are outlined in UGN GE-08. SASPAC System files for these datasets can be downloaded below:

1971 SAS COUNTRIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
(0.1MB (.zip))
1971 SAS COUNTIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
(0.4MB (.zip))
1971 SAS DISTRICTS IN GREAT BRITAIN
(4.1MB (.zip))
1971 SAS WARDS IN GREAT BRITAIN
(25MB (.zip))

The Census questionaires and table layouts can be downloaded as PDF files below:

1971 Census Private Residents form
PDF (0.3MB)
1971 Census Communal Establishment form
PDF (0.2MB)
1971 Census SAS Table layouts
PDF (0.1MB)

(If you have any problems downloading these files please contact the Helpdesk)


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