You asked
Please provide demographic information from the 1951 national census for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for census statistics in England and Wales. For information relating to Scotland, please contact National Records of Scotland (NRS) (http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/contact-us) and for Northern Ireland please contact the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (https://www.nisra.gov.uk/contact).
There are two routes for obtaining data from the 1951 Census of England and Wales:
Published volumes from the 1951 Census are available from many large reference libraries.
You can contact Census Customer Services directly with any census-related questions. They will be able to assist you with your request for information from the 1951 Census;
Web: https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censuscustomerservices
Email: census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1329 444972
Census Customer Services, ONS, Titchfield, Fareham, Hants, PO15 5RR
Please note that, whilst statistics from the 1951 Census have been published and are freely available, no personal information about any individual is available. Section 39 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 makes it an offence to disclose personal information while it remains in the custody of the Statistics Board. All censuses from 1921 onwards are held in custody of the UK Statistics Authority and their release is therefore currently prohibited. Provisions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (section 44) state that information is exempt if its disclosure is prohibited by, or under, any other enactment. Current Government policy is that the UK Statistics Authority should retain all census returns from the 1921 Census onwards, for 100 years.