UK Census Statistics & Boundaries
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About Product
2011 Census summary information for the United Kingdom provides a detailed picture of the population and its characteristics, underpinning the allocation of funds and public services.
What's key?
- Census statistics by postcode sectors, ward and output areas
- Includes 231 fields covering 22 topics comprising of population, ethnicity, household size & type, car ownership, marital status and others
- The standard sector product matches AMD postcode sectors, but this product can also be created to match other sectors if required
- Perpetual licence
- Population updates are based on modelled updates of the 2011 Census based on births, deaths and migration data, released as mid-year estimates from ONS, GROS and OSNI
- Postcode sector population updates also include changes due to altered sector boundaries
Data Type: Geodemographic
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Variants
2011 Census summary statistics, postcode sectors (to match AMD sector boundaries)
2011 Census summary statistics & boundaries, wards
2011 Census summary statistics & boundaries, output areas
Population update, postcode sectors
Population update, wards
Population update, output areas
GIS
Geomarketing
Business Intelligence
How is it used?
- Understand market potential
- Assess the market for strategic planning, setting sales targets and evaluating site performance
- Count households for leaflet campaign
- Area targeting
- Campaign planning
- Site-location analysis
- Gravity modelling
Attributes
Census summary statistics by postcode sectors, ward and output areas
- Households and population by gender in 8 categories
- Age in 17 categories
- Marital status in 8 categories
- Ethnic groups in 13 categories
- Birthplace by 10 categories
- Passport from the UK, EU and continents (non-EU, Africa, South America etc.)
- Religion in 13 categories
- Health in 6 categories
- Economically active/inactive in 11 categories (employed full-time, student, retired etc.)
- Industry in 20 categories (mining, construction, financial etc.)
- NSSEC grade in 13 categories (higher professional, intermediate, routine etc.)
- Qualifications in 9 categories (level 2, apprenticeship, level 3 etc.)
- Students in 7 categories (16-17, unemployed full-time, economically inactive etc.)
- Travel to work by 13 categories (taxi, car, foot etc.)
- Household type in 17 categories (one person 65+, lone parent with dependent children, students etc.)
- Dwellings in 4 categories (shared, unshared etc.)
- House type in 9 categories (flat, bungalow, caravan etc.)
- House tenure in 10 categories (owned, mortgage, rented etc.)
- Number of cars in 7 categories
- Household size in 10 categories
- Unique IDs, area names, description
- Units and GSS codes (which represent geographical areas)
All Postcode Sector, Ward and Output Area Products
- Postcode sector, district or area, Ward or Output Area name and code as appropriate
- X & Y in British National Grid (Postcode sector has the (X) easting and (Y) northing of the meridan weighted population centroid)
- Postcode sector also provides the total number of postcode points contained within the boundary
Population updates
- Usual Resident Population
- Total Male Population
- Total Female Population
- Males between ages 0 and 14
- Males between ages 15 and 64
- Males of age 65 and over
- Females between ages 0 and 14
- Females between ages 15 and 64
- Females of age 65 and over
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