Victorian Britain lesson 3 week 6

Victorian Britain

W.A.L.A: The Census

L.O: Describe origin of census in Britain

The Census

• A census is a list of peoples names, ages, addresses, jobs and family sizes

• The first census was taken in 1801-it just showed peoples names and addresses. From 1851 ,people had to include their own ages, jobs and places of birth

• A census was done after every 10 year in order to give the complete picture of the nation

An example of how a census record looked like in Victorian Britain

Additional resource material

https://historyhouse.co.uk/articles/census.html