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2011 census so important for Peterborough
RESIDENTS are being urged to play their part in ensuring the city secures vital Government funding.
Census 2011, which is run by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and helps the Government allocate grants to local authorities, will take place in March next year.
Statistics gathered from the operation will be used as a starting point for future year projections of Peterborough’s population.
However, officials say current population estimates of around 171,200 are 10,000 down on the reality, meaning the city could be missing out on millions of pounds of funding.
Despite a 95 per cent completion rate during the last census, in 2001, city officials are urging residents to come out in force.
Peterborough City Council’s Census 2011 project manager Dharmendra Rajput said: “The main reason to collect the information is to identify the number of people it has to provide the correct level of services, in terms of things like education, housing and transport.”
A city council spokesperson added: “We believe our total population is much more than 170,000 – probably by 10,000 people.”
Five areas of the city – Ortons, Central, Dogsthorpe, Ravensthorpe and East – have been identified as key areas for the census.
Mr Rajput added: “We need to target these areas to tell them the census is coming.
“We believe hard-to-reach groups live in these locations. We will be doing community engagement events for these people.”
Peterborough MP Stewart Jackson said previous Census methods have not been “rigorous” enough.
He added: “I’m very keen to make sure there’s a very thorough and detailed collection of everyone living in Peterborough.”
Information packs will be sent out to every city resident in the next few months, ahead of the Census Day on Sunday, March 27.
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Holly Golightly
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:06 PMChiefy; Remember, it take 3 years to get the results.
Chiefy
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 06:57 PMNo doubt the Census papers and the instructiuons on how to fill them in will be printed in 1001 languages. But I bet that the properties with multi residents will not be truthfully declared ! The one good thing that "may" come out of ot,wil be the fact that there are far more foreigners living in Peterborough than the authorities will say.
eggcraft
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 01:06 PM@5 Ex Millfied Boy. Steady on there. Have a lay down. lol @6 Holly. It couldn't have been that cold a winter or the little dog would have been resting. lol
Holly Golightly
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 09:56 AMEx Millfield Boy (No.5); I trust that is Millfield @ Street. However thank you. Eggcraft (No.4) yes it can be useful for tracing relatives. My father was in prison here, so his records will not show for a while hopefully. But I did trace my husband's family. I found in some church records in 1759 that one of his Great,great.....great grand fathers married his ex-servant. He was 63 and she was 18. Some 4 months later they had a little daughter. Proof that there is life in an old dog, or it was a very cold winter.
Ex Millfield Boy
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 11:29 PMBlimey.....I actually agree with Holly's comment (No.2) here.....I also think that we're already in excess of 220,000 here anyway never mind the 171,000 + 10,000 !!!
eggcraft
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 11:17 PMThe census holds good information for future generations. I have traced 8 branches of mine and my husbands family back to the 1700's and some even further back. The census started off very basic and the first one was held in 1841 but now they ask lots of questions. You can see, when you look back, how certain trades have passed down the family. I am doing a copy of this next census to keep with my personal records so my great grandchildren don't have to wait 100 years to view it . Some people class it as an invasion of privacy, but if you think about it, we have so much personal info out there in the public domain anyway. Tracing you family is a great hobby. Sometimes you find out more than you could ever imagine and other times you hit a brick wall. Try to be honest when filling it in, afterall it will be your own family searching your history in 100 years time.
Holly Golightly
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 09:51 PMRemember to enter 'Jedi Knight' again as the religion.
Holly Golightly
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 09:49 PMThe time of the census is when half the population of Peterborough suddenly disappear over night !
henry
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 06:47 PMPeterborough MP Stewart Jackson said previous Census methods have not been “rigorous” enough. The fact is that PCC doesn't know who is here and where they are living. ( how many prosecutions have there been for non return of forms?) This council needs to try much harder!
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