1971 Census
England, Wales, and Scotland
[Census form]

[Note: Individual persons in a household can provide the information separately through the P Form for making a personal return rather than through the H Form for private households.]

P Form for making a personal return
Please complete this form and have it ready for collection as early as possible on the morning of Monday, 26th April.

If you wish, you may put the completed form in a sealed envelope for delivery to the enumerator. An envelope for this purpose can be obtained from the person who gave you this form.

The information you give on this form will be treated as confidential and used only for compiling statistics. No information about named individuals will be passed by the Census Office to any other Government Department or any other authority or person. If anyone in the census organization improperly discloses information you provide, he will be liable to prosecution. The person to whom you hand this form for delivery to the enumerator is also prohibited (under a penalty of up to £50) from improperly using or disclosing the information you provide.

Please take note
You have a legal obligation to complete this form and there is a penalty of up to £50 for refusing to do so or for giving false information.

For enumerators' use

____ C.D. No.
____ E.D. No.
____ Form No.
____ Serial No.

To be completed by the manager, officer or person in charge of the premises (or vessel)

Name of premises (or vessel) ____

Please write in ink or ballpoint pen

Where boxes are provided answer by putting a tick in the box against the answer which applies. For example, if the answer is 'yes': [x] Yes [] No

1. Write your name and surname ____

For a baby who has not yet been given a name write 'baby' and the surname

2. Write your date of birth

____ Day
____ Month
____ Year

3. Write your sex (M for male, F for female) _

4. If you usually live here, write 'here'. If not, write your usual address. ________

If you are a boarder, write 'here' only if you consider this your usual address.

If you are a student or school child who is away from home during term time, give your home address.

If you have no settled address, write 'none'.

Block capitals please.

5. What is your position in this establishment? ________

For example write 'guest', 'patient', 'staff', 'student', 'boarder', 'crew', 'passenger'.

6. Write 'single', 'married', 'widowed' or 'divorced' as appropriate. ____

If separated and not divorced, write 'married'.

[Questions 7-8 are not applicable for children under 15 years of age]

7. Did you have a job last week (the week ended 24th April 1971)? (see note 7)

Tick box 1 if you had a job even if it was only part-time or if you were temporarily away from work, on holiday, sick, on strike, or laid off.

If you did not have a job, tick whichever of boxes 2, 3, 4 or 5 is appropriate: if box 5 is ticked, state the reason; for example, 'housewife', 'student', 'permanently sick'.

This question need not be answered for children under 15 years of age.

[] 1 Yes - in a job at some time during the week
[] 2 No - seeking work or waiting to take up job
[] 3 No - intending to seek work but sick
[] 4 No - wholly retired
[] 5 No - not seeking work for some other reason, namely ____

8. Will you be a student attending full-time at an educational establishment during the term starting April/May 1971? (see note 8)

This question need not be answered for children under 15 years of age.

[] Yes
[] No

9a. If you were born in England or Wales or Scotland or Northern Ireland, tick the appropriate box.

Born in:

[] England
[] 01 Scotland
[] 02 Wales (incl. Monmouthshire)
[] 03 Northern Ireland

9b. If you were born in another country, write the name of the country (using the name by which it is known today) and the year in which you first entered the United Kingdom (that is England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland)

____ Born in (country)
____ Entered U.K. in (year)

10. Write the country of birth of:

a) Your father

Farther born in (country) ____

b) Your mother

Mother born in (country) ____

This question should be answered even if your father or mother is no longer alive. (If country not known, write 'not known'.)

Give the name by which the country is known today.

11. Was your usual address one year ago (on 15th April 1970) the same as that shown by the answer to question 4?

Write 'yes' or 'no'. ____

If no, write also your usual address on 25th April 1970 ____

For a child now under one year of age, write 'under one'.

Block capitals please.

12. Was your usual address five years ago (on 25th April 1966) the same as that shown by the answer to question 11?

Write 'yes' or 'no'. ____

If no, write also your usual address on 25th April 1966 ____

For a child now under one year of age, write 'under one'.

Block capitals please

W. [This question is only available in Wales (Welsh) and Scotland (Gaelic) census form]

a) Do you speak Welsh or Gaelic? Tick the appropriate box.

[] Yes
[] No

b) If so, do you

[] Speak English
[] Read Welsh or Gaelic
[] Write Welsh or Gaelic

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The remaining questions (13-24) do not apply to children under 15 years of age. If you are an overseas visitor (that is, if you normally reside overseas, are not working or seeking work in England, Scotland or Wales and are visiting this country for less than 1 month) you need not answer these questions. If you are over 70, see special note below.

Persons over 70

If you are over 70 and retired, you need not answer any questions on this page except 15-17 (which refer to the last job you had). But if you had a job last week, all questions 13-22 should be answered.

13. Have you obtained any of the following?

[] 1 G.C.E. 'A' level or Higher School Certificate (HSC)
[] 2 Higher grade of Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) or Higher grade of Scottish Leaving Certificate (SLC)
[] 3 Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) or Ordinary National Diploma (OND)
[] 4 None of these

14. Have you obtained any of the following qualifications since reaching the age of 18?

a. H.N.C. or H.N.D.
b. Nursing qualifications
c. Teaching qualifications
d. Degrees, diplomas or other educational qualifications
e. Graduate or corporate membership of professional institutions
f. Any other professional or vocational qualifications

If so, give full details of all such qualifications in the order in which they were obtained, even if not relevant to your present job or if you are not working. If none, write 'none'.

________ Qualification
________ Major subject or subjects
________ Awarding institution

Answer questions 15-17 in respect of your main employment last week, or of your most recent job if you are retired or out of work.

If you have never had a job or if you are a housewife who did not have a job last week write 'none' at 15.

15. What was the name and business of your employer (if self-employed, the name and nature of your business)? (see note 15)

Give the trading name if one was used.

________ a) Name of business
________ b) Nature of business

16. [Occupation]

________ a) What was your occupation? Give full details (see note 16)
________ b) Describe the actual work done in that occupation

17. Were you an employee or self-employed employing others (see note 17), or self-employed without employees?

[] 1 An employee
[] 2 Self-employed employing others (see note 17)
[] 3 Self-employed without employees

Questions 18-22 apply if you had a job last week

If you had more than one job these questions apply to your main employment last week.

18. If you are an apprentice or trainee, write 'apprentice', 'articled clerk', 'articled pupil', 'student apprentice', 'graduate apprentice', 'management trainee', 'trainee technician,' or 'trainee craftsman' as appropriate. (see note 18) ____

19. How many hours per week do you usually work in this job? ____

Exclude overtime and meal breaks.

20. What is the full address of your place of work? (see note 20) ________

If the work is carried on mainly at home, write 'at home'.

Block capitals please.

21. What means of transport do you normally use for the longest part, by distance, of your daily journey to work? (see note 21) ____

If you walk to work, or work mainly at home, write 'none'.

22. Was your occupation one year ago the same as last week? ____

If so, write 'same'.

If not, give details of your occupation one year ago (see note 16).

If none, write 'none'.

Questions 23-24 apply if you are a woman aged under 60 who is married, widowed or divorced.

23. Enter the month and year of birth of each child born alive to you in marriage; include any who have since died.

If none, write 'none'.

Enter the dates in order of birth, starting with the firstborn.

If you have been married more than once give the dates for the children of all your marriages.

____ Month
____ Year

24a. Write at (a) the month and year of marriage (your first marriage if married more than once).

Date of (first) marriage

____ Month
____ Year

24b. If your first marriage has ended (by your husband's death or by divorce), write at (b) the month and year when it ended. If not ended, write 'not ended'.

Date (first) marriage ended

____ Month
____ Year

Declaration to be made by the person completing this form

I declare that this form is correctly completed to the best of my knowledge and belief.
____ Signature
____ Date

H Form for private households

[p. 1]

To the head (or acting head) of the household.

Please complete this form and have it ready for collection on Monday 26th April. If you need help, do not hesitate to ask the enumerator.

The enumerator may ask you questions necessary to help him to complete or correct the form.
The information you give on the form will be treated as confidential and used only for compiling statistics. No information about named individuals will be passed by the Census Office to any other Government Department or any other authority or person. If anyone in the census organisation improperly discloses information you provide, he will be liable to prosecution. Similarly you must not disclose information which anyone (for example, a visitor or boarder) gives you to enable you to complete the form.

The legal obligation to fill in the whole form rests on you, but each person who has to be included is required to give you the information you need. However, anyone who wishes can ask the enumerator or local Census Officer and then you need answer only questions B1 and B5 for that person.

Please take note
You have a legal obligation to complete this form and there is a penalty of up to £50 for refusing to do so or for giving false information.

When you have completed the form, please sign the declaration at the foot of the last page.

A household comprises either one person living alone or a group of persons (who may or may not be related) living at the same address with common housekeeping. Persons staying temporarily with the household are included.

To be completed by enumerator

C.D. No. ____
E.D. No. ____
Form No. ____
Ref. _ _ _ _ _ _

If sharing with another household:

Hall, staircase, passage, etc., shared only/not only* for entry to accommodation.

*delete whichever is inapplicable

Number of rooms shared ____

Name and full postal address: ________

Part A

Answer questions A1-A5 about your household's accommodation and then answer questions B1-B24 overleaf and if appropriate answer questions C1-C7.

Where boxes are provided answer by putting a tick in the box against the answer which applies. For example, if the answer is 'yes': [x] Yes [] No

Please write in ink or ballpoint pen.

A1. How do you and your household occupy your accommodation?

[] 1 As an owner occupier (including purchase by mortgage)
[] 2 By renting it from a Council or New Town
[] 3 As an unfurnished letting from a private landlord or company or Housing Association
[] 4 As a furnished letting
[] 5 In some other way (Please give details, including whether furnished or unfurnished) ____

Note: If the accommodation is occupied by lease originally granted for, or since extended to, more than 21 years, tick 'owner occupier'.

A2. Does your household share with anyone else the use of any room, or hall, passage, landing, or staircase?

[] Yes
[] No

A3. How many rooms are there in your household's accommodation? ____

Do not count small kitchens less than 6ft wide, bathrooms and toilets, sculleries not used for cooking, closets, pantries and storerooms, landings, halls, lobbies or recesses, offices or shops used solely for business purposes.

Note:
- A large room divided by a sliding or fixed partition should be counted as two rooms.
- A room divided by curtains or portable screens should be counted as one room.

A4. How many cars and vans are normally available for use by you or members of your household (other than visitors)? ____

Include any provided by employers if normally available for use by you or members of your household, but exclude vans used solely for the carriage of goods.

If None, write 'none'

A5. Has your household the use of the following amenities on these premises?

a) A cooker or cooking stove with an oven