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Census returns

Find out about Census information you can access via our libraries.

The first census to collect data about people was in 1841:

  • A census has taken place every ten years since then.
  • Data about people is made public 100 years after it is collected.
  • The most recent release is the 1921 Census.

Census data in our libraries

Digital records

Census records between 1841 and 1921 can be accessed on Ancestry (all libraries) and on Find My Past (selected libraries).

Other formats

1841-1901 Calderdale area census returns on microform at Local Studies (Central Library - Halifax).

Census transcripts and indexes in the Reference Library

Coverage Date
Barkisland 1851 and 1861.
Clifton-cum-Hartshead 1851.
Elland -cum- Greetland 1801, 1811 and 1851.
Halifax 1851.
Hebden Bridge 1851.
Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse 1851.
Langfield 1801.
Midgley 1801, 1811 and 1851.
Norland 1851.
Northowram 1851.
Ovenden 1851.
Queensbury 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881.
Rastrick and Fixby 1851.
Rishworth 1851.
Shelf 1851.
Skircoat 1851.
Southowram 1851.
Sowerby 1811 and 1851.
Soyland 1851.
Stainland 1851.
Stansfield 1821.
Todmorden 1811, 1841 and 1851.
Warley 1851.

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