ILLUSTRATION BY RICHARD FAIRHEAD
Back in March, those of us in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Scotland waits until next year) had to fill out our census forms. Although some will have sent theirs off in the post, the government’s “digital-first” approach meant that most did it online for the first time instead— while others still handed over intimate information on their doorstep to an officer with a purple-striped hi-vis jacket and clipboard. In the strange circumstances of the pandemic, we were maybe grateful for the company. Meanwhile, as we sit and wait for the results of this vast operation to be published next March, many of us might catch ourselves wondering: what, really, is this thing all about?
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