United Kingdom Census 2001

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A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. This was the 19th UK Census.

Census 2001 was organised by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Detailed results by region, council area, ward and output area are available from their respective websites.

1 Welsh nationality
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Welsh nationality

The 2001 Census revealed that one-third of the population of Wales described themselves as of Welsh nationality, a further effort to claim as the respondee had to write this option in. ^[1] Controversy surrounding the method of determining nationality began as early as 2000, when it was revealed that respondents in Scotland and Northern Ireland would be able to check a box describing themselves as Scottish or Irish, an option not available for Welsh respondants.^[2]^[3] Prior to the Census, Plaid Cymru backed a petition calling for the inclusion of a Welsh tickbox and for the National Assembly of Wales to have primary law-making powers and its own National Statistics Office.^[4] With an absence of a Welsh tickbox, the only other tickbox available was 'white-British,' 'Irish', or 'other'.^[5]^[6]