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The aggregate data produced as outputs from censuses in Great Britain provide information on a wide range of demographic and socio-economic characteristics. They are predominantly a collection of aggregated or summary counts of the numbers of people or households resident in specific geographical areas possessing particular characteristics.

Data can be accessed through Data Explorer (to subset data) and CKAN (to bulk download data).

Citation: Registrar General for England and Wales; General Register Office Scotland (2002): 1971 Census aggregate data (Edition: 2002). UK Data Service. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-1971-1

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The 100% Sample files contain information about: total population, private households and communal establishments, immigrants, country of birth, economic activity, numbers of children, parental origin, visitors present, car availability, housing occupation density, household tenure, household amenities, household types and related topics.

The 10% Sample files contain information about: socio-economic composition, migrants, working women, dependent children, travel to work, and related topics.