Census 2021 Unpaid Care

This page includes the Surrey-specific data from the national 2021 Census release which has been prepared by the SCC Population Insight team. A summary of the unpaid care data from the 2021 Census has also been produced and is available on Surrey-i.

As stated by the Office for National Statistics: 'Census 2021 asked "Do you look after, or give any help or support to, anyone because they have long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses, or problems related to old age?". People were asked to exclude anything they did as part of their paid employment. The wording of the question differs from the 2011 Census question, which began "Do you look after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others".'

'Census 2021 was undertaken during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which may also have influenced how people perceived and undertook their provision of unpaid care and therefore may have affected how people chose to respond.'

Source: Health, disability, and unpaid care: Census 2021 in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)