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Census 2031 Topic Consultation

From:
Office for National Statistics
Published
28 October 2025
Last updated
4 March 2026 — See all updates

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Summary

The Topic Consultation provides you with an opportunity to help shape Census 2031 and future population statistics. By sharing your views on what data matters to you and your organisation, you will inform the design of a census that better supports public services and policy decisions.

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Consultation description

At the Office for National Statistics (ONS), we’d like to hear about how you use census data and your requirements for topic data from Census 2031. For each of the 13 census topic groups, we will ask about:

  • the purposes you use census data for
  • your requirements for Census 2031 data
  • how you use census data at small geographies, to understand small populations, to make comparisons over time and across geographies 
  • how you compare census data with other census variables (multivariate analysis) 

Similar questions are asked for new topics that may be required for Census 2031.

04 March 2026

We have now published the evaluation criteria for this consultation on the ONS website

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