Census 2021 results - Why the numbers matter video transcript
Zach:
To encourage family and friends of children like us to take part in the Census 2021, a competition was created by the Office for National Statistics.
Astrid:
The Let’s Count! competition asked kids across England and Wales to create a project that could show how important census information is.
One year on, the Office for National Statistics is getting ready to release the first set of results.
Zach:
They’ve come back to my school to tell us how they’ve been getting on.
Grace: putting microphone on
Do you want me to pass it through to you?
Mabel: putting microphone on
Wait, no…(giggles).
Kate: putting microphone on
It goes there and then you speak into it.
Frankie: putting microphone on
Big bit on the inside.
Mrs Sharon James, Deputy Head Teacher:
We decided to use the census project as an opportunity in our maths curriculum so that we could show children that numbers in the real world really mattered.
Grace:
Our project was big but not as big as the census is.
Question card:
How did it feel to win the Let’s Count! competition?
Finley:
It was really, really exciting to hear.
We’re all very proud of ourselves.
Mabel:
It was amazing because we took part in it.
We helped the school win it and it was really cool.
Question card:
How do you think the census data will be used?
Mabel:
They need to work out how many shopping centres, how many hospitals, how many schools they need because otherwise then it’s not going to be enough.
Frankie:
If you don’t have enough homes then people is going to be living on the streets and you don’t want that.
Kate:
It’s for your education, your jobs, your food supply.
Film Director:
What percentage of households do you think took part in the census?
Was it a. 35%? b. 68%? or c. 97%?
Frankie:
I’m going to say 68. What do you think?
Finley:
Same. 68.
Kate:
I think it’s 90 something because like you should be doing it.
Mabel:
97.
Grace:
97.
Film Director:
Well done! That’s the correct answer.
Question card:
What do you think the Census 2021 population will be?
Frankie:
20 more million.
Finley:
I reckon it’ll be in the 80 million.
Mabel:
Not that much less, but less.
Grace:
I think less too.
Kate:
I’m going to say 50…
Zachary:
Around 57 million.
Kate:
I’m going to say 50 to 55 million.
Film Director:
Are you guys looking forward to the results of the census?
Kate:
Yeah, because I’m going to show Zach that I’m correct and he’s not.
Zachary:
I’ll show you I’m correct and you’re not.
Kate:
No!
End card:
Find out who was correct with the Census 2021 results, available now.