A casual observer might consider 2021 to be the year of the census (except in Scotland, of course, where it took place this year), but in fact filling in the form is only a small part of the process and releases of data from England, Wales and Northern Ireland has only begun during the past few months.
The UK Data Service has been at the switzerland rcs data forefront of making the data available to our many users, in academic circles, the VCSE sector, thinktanks and beyond. We’ve updated our bulk download platform (and plan to develop it further in 2023) and made sure releases of census data are available as soon as possible after being made available by the census agencies – on many occasions we’ve had them ready to download the very same day!
Not only that, but we have worked with colleagues to open discussion and understanding of how the data can be interpreted and explored how censuses have both changed and stayed the same over the years.
Celebrate the work of a pioneer of population modelling, Professor David Martin, as he steps away from the UK Data Service (although not from his many other fields of work!).