2011 Census: Population, households and area

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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Population by sexJan 2001 — Dec 2010

Area and population densityJan 2001 — Dec 2010

Area measurements used are the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) created using standard methodologies by ONS Geography for key geographies in the UK. These are land measurement figures defined by topographic boundaries (coastline and inland water) as at the end of 2011. Area measurements used are in hectares - the metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres or approximately 2.47 acres - there are 100 hectares in 1 km2.

The area measurements in this table may not sum due to rounding.

Population density:

Population density is the number of usual residents per hectare. Population density for each area is calculated using aggregations of the area measurements (to two decimal places) for each Output Area that has been best-fitted to each higher area. This means that some figures may not match exactly the population densities for local authorities published in the September 2012 census release which used exact area measurements for each local authority.

The rounded area measurements provided in this table are for reference only. Any population density derived using these rounded figures may not match the population density included in the table.

Resident typeJan 2001 — Dec 2010

Communal establishment resident:

A communal establishment resident is a person living in managed residential accommodation who has lived, or intends to live there for six months or more. Individuals resident in a communal establishment for less than six months are enumerated at their home address, apart from those with no usual address elsewhere who are also classified as residents.

Household resident:

A household resident is a person whose place of usual residence is a household, and not within managed residential accommodation in a communal establishment.

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, sitting room or dining area.

HouseholdsJan 2001 — Dec 2010

Household:

Average household size:

The average household size for an area is the total number of usual residents living in households divided by the total number of households that have at least one usual resident, Visitors staying at an address do not contribute to that household’s size because they are counted in the household of their place of usual residence.