| descriptiongeneral | Classification of country of birth in the census used the Commonwealth as the schema for countries outside the United Kingdom until 2001.
Foreign countries are all countries outside the United Kingdom, Irish Republic (including Ireland, part not stated), Old commonwealth and New Commonwealth. This includes South America, the USSR, Turkey and countries outside the Commonwealth in Africa and Asia. In 1971, the New Commonwealth included Pakistan but in 1981 Pakistan was technically separate from the New Commonwealth although it was often grouped with the New Commonwealth in Census tables.
In addition, the way in which the United Kingdom is classified varies at each census. In 1971, the United Kingdom included Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man as well as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Guernsey included all Channel Islands other than Jersey. |
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