There are loads of brilliant examples of how Census data are used in our Census stories, from helping to prevent fires in London to helping charities to reach out and support those in need. While it’s a legal obligation to complete a Census return, we want to be able to motivate people to want to respond. Explaining why it happens every iran rcs data ten years and why it matters is fundamentally important to make this happen.
I don’t really need to explain to readers of the UK Data Service Data Impact blog why data matters. wait to get hold of Census data and all the glorious small area insight it provides.
Instead your question might be if it’s so important why does it takes you such a long time to publish? We aim to produce the first findings a year after the Census takes place and aim to publish the full range of statistics within two years.
We don’t just publish counts of the people who provide a census return. Instead, as in 2001 and 2011, we will be publishing coverage adjusted estimates of the whole population and its characteristics.