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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 ...
As of November 2022, the next census was planned to occur in 2027. [1] Prior to the Partition of Ireland , censuses covered the entire island of Ireland , with the most recent one having been the 1911 census of Ireland , no census having taken place in 1921 due to the Irish War of Independence .
No census was held in Ireland in 1921, as a consequence of the Irish War of Independence; instead, Northern Ireland carried out a census in 1926, the first there for fifteen years. [2] [a] No census was carried out in Northern Ireland in 1931, but one was carried out in 1937. [4]
Created in 1921 [29] from part of Cork Rural District, by virtue of an Order made by the Local Government Board for Ireland on 28 June 1921 [30] Queenstown Urban District Queenstown East Urban, and Queenstown West Urban [8] Skibbereen Urban District Skibbereen Urban (sole electoral area) [8] Created in 1900 Youghal Urban District
In the 2022 census the population of the Republic of Ireland eclipsed five million for the first time since the 1851 census. [3] The population of Ireland in 2024 was approximately 7.2 million (5.35 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.91 million in Northern Ireland). Although these figures demonstrate significant growth over recent years ...
The 1921 census is available online at findmypast.co.uk as well as in person at the National Archives in Kew, the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth and the Manchester Central Library.
No census was taken in 1921 due to the disruption of the Irish War of Independence. The first census taken in the Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland) was in April 1926; the first Northern Ireland census occurred at the same time. [22] No census took place in Northern Ireland in 1931, but one took place there in 1937. [23]
24 May – 1921 Irish elections: In the Northern Ireland general election for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland (held by single transferable vote), it was apparent by 29 May that the Unionists had a substantial majority (40 out of 52 seats).