2011 Census: Household characteristics - amenities, cars and deprivation

This dataset includes data from the 2011 Census released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Notes and Definitions

1. The main population base for outputs from the 2011 Census is the usual resident population as at census day (27 March 2011).

Although the population base for enumeration included non-UK short-term residents, these are not included in the main outputs from the 2011 Census, but are analysed separately. All outputs, unless specified, are produced using only usual residents of the UK.

2. For 2011 Census purposes, a usual resident of the UK is anyone who, on census day, was in the UK and had stayed or intended to stay in the UK for a period of 12 months or more, or had a permanent UK address and was outside the UK and intended to be outside the UK for less than 12 months.

3. Further information about the census estimates, including details about the methodology and other definitions used, how other population sub-groups are counted, Output Area maintenance and other geographic information, are available on the ONS website at http://www.ons.gov.uk/census

Confidentiality

ONS as the executive arm of the UK Statistics Authority has a legal obligation not to reveal information collected in confidence in the census about individual people and households. The confidentiality of all census results, including the counts in this release, is protected by a combination of a variety of disclosure protection measures.

Terms and Conditions

These statistics may be used, excluding logos, under the terms of the Open Government Licence.

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Frequency: Census (10 years)

Reference links:

Office for National Statistics Census pages

UK Open Government Licence

Last Update: 13 years ago
Type of information: Older Censuses (pre-2021)

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Central heatingJan 2001 — Dec 2010

A household’s accommodation is classified as having central heating if it is present in some or all rooms (whether used or not). Household A household is defined as one person living alone, or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area.

Occupancy (overcrowding)Jan 2001 — Dec 2010

Occupancy rating provides a measure of whether a household's accommodation is overcrowded or under occupied. This dataset shows a measure of occupancy rating based on the total number of rooms in a household's accommodation. The ages of the household members and their relationships to each other are used to derive the number of rooms they require, based on a standard formula. The number of rooms required is subtracted from the number of rooms in the household's accommodation to obtain the occupancy rating. An occupancy rating of -1 implies that a household has one fewer room than required and is thus overcrowded, whereas +1 implies that they have one more room than the standard requirement.

Car availabilityJan 2001 — Dec 2010

The number of cars or vans that are owned, or available for use, by one or more members of a household. This includes company cars and vans that are available for private use. It does not include motorbikes or scooters, or any cars or vans belonging to visitors. The count of cars or vans in an area relates only to households. Cars or vans used by residents of communal establishments are not counted.Households with 10 or more cars or vans are counted as having only 10.Responses indicating a number of cars or vans greater than 20 were treated as invalid and a value was imputed.Household A household is defined as one person living alone, or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area.