In Antigua and Barbuda, a census is taken every 10 years to produce comparable information at a fixed interval. The latest census was conducted by the Statistics Division in May 2011 and the next one is scheduled to take place this year, 2025.

The results of the Census would be used to make many important decisions affecting the individual Antiguan and Barbudan, the communities and the entire country. Government, businesses, associations, and community organizations are among the many census users and critics. The Census results would benefit all Antiguans and Barbudans and would be used:

i. To assist in development planning and policy formulation such as to plan pensions, health care, housing, and employment programmes.

ii. To determine where services such as hospitals/health centres, police stations, roads, schools, day-care centres, public transportation, and water are needed.

iii. To provide the data that can help in prioritizing and allocating scarce resources.

iv. As a sampling frame for other surveys.

v. To compute and monitor Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other socio-economic indicators.

A Census also demonstrates the country’s commitment to infrastructural development, a necessary indicator for assistance from development partners.

REtrieval of DATa for small Areas by Microcomputer (REDATAM) is a friendly and interactive tool that facilitates the processing, analysis, and web dissemination of information from population censuses, surveys, administrative records, national/regional indicators, and any other sources.

It enables statistical offices to offer their users an online, interactive tool for querying census and survey microdata. Users can obtain cross-tabulations, indicators, graphs, and maps processed rapidly from microdata in real-time. The microdata is held on a secure server (users query the microdata but are unable see it). This software was developed by ECLAC.

Results from Census 2011 were updated and built on the Statistics Division’s existing chronological series of data on the population’s size, composition, characteristics, income and on housing in the country, essential information for economic and social development. This data is accessible via REDATAM. Plans are in place to make the Census 2025 data accessible on the same platform.

Population and Housing Census (2011)

• • Census 2011 Book of Statistical Tables I (PDF - 7.64 mb)
  • Census 2011 Preliminary Release (PDF - 390 kb)
  • Population and Housing Census 2011 – A Demographic Profile (PDF - 5 mb)
  • 2001 Census of Population and Housing (PDF - 3 mb)
  • 1991 Population and Housing Census (PDF- 7.1 mb)

• • Antigua and Barbuda 2011 Census Person Questionnaire (Sample) (PDF - 286 kb)
  • Antigua and Barbuda 2011 Census Household Questionnaire (Sample) (PDF - 230 kb)
  • Antigua and Barbuda 2001 Population and Housing Census Questionnaire(PDF- 2.8 mb)
  • Antigua and Barbuda 1991 Population and Housing Census Questionnaire  (PDF- 2.0 mb)