2021 Census release timetable
first results from the 2021 census, rounded population and household estimates for local authorities were released on 28 June.
Phase 1 releases, called topic summaries, present breakdowns of single census questions. In most cases these include data down to Output Areas, but often in much less detail than in 2011. The full timetable is below.
The phase 1 releases did not include data for wards, which were released on 30 January.
Demography and migration | 2 November 2022 |
UK armed forces veterans | 10 November |
Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion | 29 November |
Labour market and travel to work | 8 December |
Housing | 5 January 2023 |
Sexual orientation and gender identity | 4 April |
Health, disability and unpaid care | 19 January |
Phase 2 releases of multivariate data were published relatively quickly over late March to May 2023.
Personal topics | 28 March 2023 |
Dwellings and dwelling type | 30 March |
Sexual orientation and gender identity ( fixed tables ) | 4 April |
Further personal topics | 18 April |
Household and families topics | 25 April |
non-UK born short-term residents | 9 May |
Phase 3 covered all other releases over summer and autumn 2023. There were further data released with later reports through 2023 and 2024.
Approximated Social Grade | 17 August 2023 |
Postcode counts of households and residents by sex | 31 August |
Detailed migration statistcs | 6 September |
Small population groups | 28 September |
Workplace, out-of-term and other address bases data | 10 October |
Origin-Destination data | 26 October |