This is a brief list of statistics resources to get you started, make sure you check out your own subject guide to find out which are most useful for your studies.
Boundary data for the UK, both current and historical, for thematic and statistical mapping. Provides digitised boundary datasets of the UK, available in many Geographic Information System (GIS) formats to download and use. Includes GeoConvert: A geography matching and conversion tool.
Statistics and related information from the UK Census of Population, including aggregate counts of persons and households for various geographical units.
Major collections of government statistics and social data, including the General Household Survey and the Labour Force Survey. This collection includes data from the Collection of Historical and Contemporary Census Data (CHCC).
Official statistical information on the EU and the euro-zone.
News, data and documents to support evidence-based practice in social care with a focus on children's' care.
Census Microdata are datasets containing random samples of anonymous individual records.
Government statistics published by the Office for National Statistics, covering a range of subjects including business, crime, the economy, education, government, health and population.
A free search engine specialising in finding numerical and statistical material (e.g. graphs, tables and bar charts), unlike the conventional text-focused search engine.