1891 United Kingdom census

{{Short description|Census of the population of the United Kingdom}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox census

| name = Census 1891

| previous_year = 1881

| previous_census = 1881 United Kingdom census

| date = 5 April 1891

| next_year = 1901

| next_census = 1901 United Kingdom census

| country = United Kingdom

}}

The United Kingdom Census 1891 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland carried out on Sunday 5 April 1891.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/census-records/#6-when-were-the-censuses-taken|title=Census records|access-date=7 March 2018|publisher=The National Archives}} A question was added to record the number of rooms in a household, in response to concerns about overcrowding in cities. This was also the first census to employ women census takers and the first to ask in Wales about the ability to speak the Welsh language.[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160128181439/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-history/200-years-of-the-census/1801-1901/index.html 1801-1901.] Office for National Statistics. Archived by The National Archives 28 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

The total population of England, Wales and Scotland was recorded as 33,015,701.{{cite web |title=1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/1891-england-wales-and-scotland-census |publisher=FindMyPast |access-date=15 December 2021}}