An article described and presented early results from the 'Census 2011Geog' project, designed to develop and evaluate automated procedures to maintain (split, merge, or re-design) the 2001 Census output geographies in order to create the 2011 output geographies for England and Wales.
Source: Samantha Cockings, Andrew Harfoot and Duncan Hornby, 'Towards 2011 output geographies: exploring the need for, and challenges involved in, maintenance of the 2001 output geographies', Population Trends 138, Winter 2009, Office for National Statistics
Links: Article
Date: 2009-Dec
An article provided an overview of the latest statistics on the population. It included a short section on economic recessions, and a summary of migration following the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004. Between 2004 and 2008 the number of people living in the United Kingdom who had been born in one of the new EU countries increased from 167,000 to 689,000.
Source: Jil Matheson, 'National Statistician's annual article on the population: a demographic review', Population Trends 138, Winter 2009, Office for National Statistics
Links: Article | ONS press release | BBC report
Date: 2009-Dec
The full set of questions for the 2011 population Census was published.
Source: The Census (England and Wales) Order 2009, Draft Statutory Instrument, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Draft Statutory Instrument | Hansard | BBC report | Guardian report
Date: 2009-Oct
The United Kingdom population was officially projected to increase by more than 4 million to 65.6 million over the 10-year period to 2018. This increase was equivalent to an average annual rate of growth of 0.7 per cent between mid-2008 and mid-2018. The population was projected to increase from an estimated 61.4 million in 2008 to 71.6 million in 2033.
Source: National Population Projections, 2008-Based, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report | Balance Migration press release | OPT press release | Conservative Party press release | Guardian report
Date: 2009-Oct
An article outlined the proposed methodology for the 2011 Census, focusing on the research that had been conducted to develop improvements and innovations.
Source: Owen Abbott, '2011 UK Census coverage assessment and adjustment methodology', Population Trends 137, Autumn 2009, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2009-Sep
An article examined patterns in the sex ratio in England and Wales in population estimates since the 2001 Census.
Source: Steve Smallwood and Sofie de Broe, 'Sex ratio patterns in population estimates', Population Trends 137, Autumn 2009, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2009-Sep
The population of the United Kingdom was 61.4 million in mid-2008, up by 408,000 (0.7 per cent) on the previous year and over 2 million more than in mid-2001. In the seven years since 2001, the population had increased by an average of 0.5 per cent per year. Increases in births, decreases in deaths, and changes in the pattern of international migration into and out of the UK had all contributed to population growth since 2001. For the first time in nearly a decade, natural change (the difference between births and deaths) had overtaken net migration (the difference between long-term migration into and out of the UK) as the main contributor to population growth over a 12-month period.
Source: Population Estimates: August 2009, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report | ONS press release | OPT press release | BBC report | Guardian report
Date: 2009-Aug
The number of households in England was projected to grow to 27.8 million by 2031 – an increase of 6.3 million (29 per cent) over the 2006 estimate, or 252,000 households per year.
Source: Household Projections to 2031, England, Department for Communities and Local Government (web publication only)
Links: Report | Methodology report
Date: 2009-Mar
An article examined the questions that were being proposed for the 2011 Census in England and Wales, the degree to which they were being harmonized across the rest of the United Kingdom, and how comparable they were with those asked in 2001. The main uses to which the information collected would be put were described.
Source: Ian White and Elizabeth McLaren, 'The 2011 Census taking shape: the selection of topics and questions', Population Trends 135, Spring 2009, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article | ONS press release
Date: 2009-Mar
An article examined estimates of the population by country of birth and nationality (published In August 2008). The proportion of the population born outside the United Kingdom had increased from an estimated 5.2 million in 2004 to 6.3 million in 2007, an increase of 21 per cent.
Source: Amy Ellis, 'UK resident population by country of birth', Population Trends 135, Spring 2009, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2009-Mar