The ebb and flow of the UK population – why we’re older than ever

Sky News published this video item, entitled “The ebb and flow of the UK population – why we’re older than ever” – below is their description.

Data released by the Office for National Statistics taken from last year’s Census shows that the older population has increased in more than eight in 10 areas in England and Wales over the past 40 years.

Read more here and find out what it’s meant for your area: https://news.sky.com/story/census-2021-how-england-and-wales-have-aged-over-the-past-four-decades-12641870

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A census is the procedure of systematically enumerating, and acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agricultural, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses.

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