Source:England. 1911 Census Returns of England and Wales

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The 1911 census was conducted based on information gathered for 2 April 1911.

The setup of the census forms for the 1911 census differs from that used for the earlier censuses. In 1911 each household was handed a one-page questionnaire and the head was responsible for filling it in and returning it to the enumerator. Questions asked were similar to earlier censuses, but the results were tempered by the willingness of individual heads of households to provide information about their families, domestic staff and lodgers. The original forms are available as images on the commercial websites above.

Until 2003 the General Record Office was part of the Public Record Office and had its offices first in St. Catherine's House, Chancery Lane, in central London, and later in the Family Records Centre, Islington. References to the General Record Office (GRO) and the Public Record Office (PRO) may appear in older documentation. For more information on the National Archives and the General Record Office, see Wikipedia

Another article in Wikipedia includes a "List of UK censuses" giving the date each census was held and the changes to questions asked.

Scotland and Northern Ireland maintain their census records separately.