Census Aggregate Data

Census 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011 Data (England, Wales and Scotland); Census 1991, 2001, 2011, (Northern Ireland). Includes information on housing (communal establishments, empty homes, accommodation type and size,tenure,dwelling type,central heating,lowest floor level) as well as socio-demographics (household size, composition, occupational class, age, ethinicity, national identity, etc.).

Time

1971 - On-going (Other)

Census - every ten years.

Dataset Quality

Excellent in spite of concerns about non-response.

Dataset Access and Use

Open Acess tool: Freely available to download from UK Data Service

Strongly supportive

Geography

Coverage: UK

Units: Census Output Area

Census Microdata also available from the UK data service from the 1991 and 2001 Censuses. This provides a sample of individual person level records drawn from census data and anoymonised.

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