UK census dates

National censuses have been held in the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, but only those from 1841 onwards are useful to genealogists. The most recent census to be released to the public is the 1911. You can't generally rely on people in the nineteenth century to give (or even know) their exact age, but sometimes knowing the exact date of the censuses can help calculate an ancestor's birthday. The dates of the available UK censuses are:

• 1841 census: 6 June
• 1851 census: 30 March
• 1861 census: 7 April
• 1871 census: 2 April
• 1881 census: 3 April
• 1891 census: 5 April
• 1901 census: 31 March
• 1911 census: 2 April