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Scotland's Census 2011
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This is an archive of all published news articles about Scotland's Census.
Scotland’s Registrar General has assured the public that the 2011 Census is set to be the most secure in the country’s history.
The Scottish Parliament has been asked to consider the 2011 Census Regulations, to set out the detailed arrangements for how Scotland’s Census is to be conducted.
The Scottish Parliament has confirmed that census day 2011, one of the most important days of the next decade, will take place on Sunday 27 March after MSPs approved the questions that will be asked of the country’s five million residents.
As part of the General Register Office for Scotland’s (GROS) consultation on the 2011 Census outputs, a number of ‘roadshow’ events are being held for census data users.
Midlothian and East Renfrewshire householders are asked to help finalise the arrangements for returning questionnaires for Scotland’s next census.
Users of census data and the general public now have the opportunity to influence how results from Scotland’s 2011 Census will be presented.
Proposals for the comprehensive population survey that helps to decide how billions of pounds worth of future public services are planned were unveiled today.
Details of Scotland's Census Steering Committee have been added to the General Register Office for Scotland's website..
The Census in Schools project uses published census statistics and historic records to support teaching and learning for Primary Six to Secondary One pupils in several areas of the school curriculum.
It is not too late to take part in Scotland’s census rehearsal. The Census organiser, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS), will continue to accept paper copies of the census rehearsal questionnaire, although the option to complete it online closed on 20 April 2009.
Householders who have not already returned their census rehearsal questionnaires will be prompted to do so from next week.
The first person to complete a Scottish census questionnaire online was from Edinburgh, Scotland’s census organiser has revealed.
The online questionnaire was returned as part of a practice run which takes place, in west Edinburgh and Lewis and Harris, today (Sunday 29 March) ahead of the Scotland-wide census in 2011.
Two Edinburgh football clubs have teamed up to support Scotland’s census rehearsal which takes place in the city on Sunday (29 March).
Three Scottish celebrities have highlighted the importance of the census ahead of its rehearsal - in west Edinburgh, Lewis and Harris - later this month.
Scotland's householders will be able to complete census questionnaires online for the first time in 2011, the Registrar General announced today.
Scotland’s largest population count, the 2011 Census, is set to be held three years from today on Sunday 27 March 2011 – the earliest date since 1801.
Western Isles and west Edinburgh residents are set to test the arrangements for Scotland’s next census, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) announced today.
