A census is the official collection of data about a whole population.

Data is a collection of information that can be analysed to help us answer a question.

Inhabitants are the people who live in a defined area.

The population is the total number of people living in a particular area.

Impacts of the UK's changing population

Geography

Regions and counties of the UK

Images of the UK

The UK: Moving in, moving out

Moving within the UK

Revealing the UK's global links

This unit enables pupils to challenge the single story and think about the complexity of people and place in the study of the Lake District and in Europe ('Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places?'). 

This builds on pupils' knowledge of the UK in 'Land use: How diverse are local and UK landscapes?' and settlements in 'Settlements: Where do people live and why?' to look outwards and make connections with the diversity of the people of the UK and the wider world. 

The UK: who are we?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

because they didn't think they needed one

Why was no UK Census carried out in 1941?

Over time, what has happened to the number of older people in the UK?

What can happen if people do not fill in the census form or lie when filling it in?

On average the UK population is getting...

In what year will the next census be after 2021?

more skilled people available to fill skilled jobs

Which of these is not a benefit of migration into the UK?

leaving your country to live in another one

moving from one place to another with the intention of staying there

Can you match the key word with its correct definition?

What word describes going to or being in a foreign country?

Which of these factors will lead to an increase in the population size?

What has happened to the average size of families over the years?

Positive factors that make people move to a new place are called {{}} factors.

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