This History video introduces teachers to the inquiry question, What can the census tell us about local areas? It focuses on how census data from 1841 to 1921 can reveal detailed information about individuals and communities, including age, occupation, gender roles, and household structures. Children explore real census records to make inferences about daily life in Victorian and Edwardian England, learning how to identify changes and continuities over time.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s History scheme – census. It supports teachers in delivering historically grounded local area studies using primary sources, and offers guidance for addressing sensitive terminology and teaching pupils to ask valid historical questions based on real data.

History, Upper key stage 2, Year 6, *New* What can the census tell us about local areas?