THE first World National Statistics Day is on Wednesday (October 20) – and Warrington is to use the occasion to promote next year’s national census.
March 27 is the date set for the census and the borough council is urging everyone to take part.
The census provides a high quality estimate of the population.
It is a count of all people and households in England and Wales and is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.
The 2011 Census is expected to show the most rapid and dramatic social change in any decade ever. But even subtle changes in population statistics can reveal fascinating, surprising and puzzling facts about the past 200 years.
Facts and figures from previous surveys show that:
*In 1911 there were just 94 offices in Warrington but 210 workshops and factories. There were also 1,482 shops of various kinds – six times more than the Trafford Centre has today.
*The 1951 census included 6,000 United States Service personnel who were stationed at Burtonwood and about 4,000 RAF personnel who were living on the RAF base in Padgate.
*The population of the area now covered by Warrington district grew from 23,136 in 1801 to 191,080 in 2001.
*In 1961, nearly 29 per cent of households in Warrington Borough lacked a hot water tap, 34.6 per cent lacked a fixed bath and 3.6 per cent either shared or were without a toilet.
