2011 CENSUS

[kloofnek]

I have received my 2011 census form.
Notes state that it will not be shared with any other government body but will be used to help local governments access their towns needs etc.
Do they give names or just the number statistics to them.

[redman41]

I have no idea how or where the info we give ends up kloofnek.
I have no problem disclosing info which is requested in the Census as it's not personal.
If they were to ask details of my Bank A/C and other info which could jeopordise my Privacy and security then I would not be willing to disclose anything.

[squarebear]

They just give numbers. I used to work for them and it's just numbers on a graph that they see.

[Hopkirk]

Well if it says they won't share information with other government bodies, then obviously the answer must be they will not give names, just statistics.

[kloofnek]

Thank you,I thought it was just statistics...I know they are released in a hundred years time...so very fustrating for genealgy purposes.I have found past censuses invaluable whilst researching my family tree.
Squarebear...I have never had to do the census before,how often are they done now....I know from 1841 to 1911 it was every 10 years.

[squarebear]

Yes, every 10 years still.

[kloofnek]

I have lived here for almost 19 years ,and this is the first I have had.???

[mollykins]

They don't give names out according to my mum whose working on the census . . .

[Hopkirk]

I bet you or someone in your house did fill one in ten years ago, but you have just forgotten. You could not have missed all thepress reports about it at the time.

Perhaps it was in your drinking years?

[dotty.]

http://www.theanswerb...-you-on-census-night/

[sherrardk]

I've just found out (via another ab'er) that there are only six spaces for the people in your house on the form so I will have to fill it in on line - will there be 'extra' spaces on line?

[dotty.]

there will be instructions on the form about adding extra people.

[sherrardk]

Thanks Dotty - I like doing official things on paper, don't quite trust the Internet sometimes.

[dotty.]

plus you need to keep a photocopy of the main pages for your family history

[sherrardk]

Lost me there - why do I need photocopies for my family history? Do you mean in case they want to do a family tree (or whatever the proper name is)?

[DaisyNonna]

What a waste of paper! Do not need 6 sets of answers. Yes, some families do. Why not just ask them to request more forms?
Q.5. Do you stay at another address for more than 30 days a year? Which year? Well, parts of every half-term school holidays, parts of Christmas, Easter and Summer school holidays, Have not actually bothered to keep count.
Q. 13. How is your health in general? Only person who knows the answewr to that is my doctor. Patient confidentiality!
Q. 17. This questionh is intentionally left blank. Did they get the layout wrong?
Q. 19 . How well can you speak English? Er, dunno, whatever, depends, innit?
Q. 28. If a job had been available last week, could you have started it within two weeks? Retired. Could that not have been included in a previous question?

Who is going to check whether or not I have told the truth?

[Jemisa]

Your name is not on the Census form, they don't care who you are, or what colour you are but you count as two if you've got two heads. Tthey are collecting statistics and have been doing for 100s of years. (1941missed out because of the war)
I can only assume its your 1st census form is why some are making such a fuss, the info collected helps to help us over the next 10 years.
Over the years I've filled 5 in and never have heard such a fuss as with this one.

jem

[DaisyNonna]

Possibly because some of us are fed up of filling in forms.

[dotty.]

the fuss this time is all part of the internet thing, people have lost faith due to scams and cons. it's history not someone looking to rob someone, i;m sick of reiterating this and so i will not bother