Custom Area Profiles - Supporting Information
The ONS has provided supporting information on the topics included in the custom area profiles to assist people understand and correctly interpret the statistics.
Accommodation type
The type of buildings people live in. Read more about the accommodation type variable.
Age profile
The age of a person on Census Day, 21 March 2021. Read more about the age profile variable.
Central heating
The type of central heating in a household. Read more about the central heating variable.
Country of birth
Where people were born. Read more about the country of birth variable.
Disability
People with a long-term health problem or disability, including conditions or illnesses relating to old-age. Read more about the disability variable.
Values for this variable will differ from other sources which provide age-standardised percentages. Read more about health, disability and unpaid care quality information.
Distance travelled to work
The distance between home and work, in kilometres. Read more about the distrance travelled to work variable.
There are pandemic-related quality considerations for this variable. Read more about travel to work quality information.
Economic activity status
People in employment, looking for work, waiting to start a job or economically inactive. Read more about the economic activity status. variable.
There are pandemic-related quality considerations for this variable. Read more about labour market quality information.
Employment history
The employment history of people who are currently not working. Read more about the employment history variable.
There are pandemic-related quality considerations for this variable. Read more about labour market quality information.
Ethnic group
The ethnic group a person identifies with. Read more about the ethnic group variable.
General health
How people rate their general health. Read more about the general health variable.
Values for this variable will differ from other sources which provide age-standardised percentages. Read more about health, disability and unpaid care quality information.
Highest level of qualification
The highest level of qualification a person has reported. Read more about the highest level of qualification variable.
Hours per week worked
The number of hours people work per week. Read more about the hours per week worked variable.
There are pandemic-related quality considerations for this variable. Read more about labour market quality information.
Household composition
Households according to the relationships between members. Read more about the household composition variable.
Household deprivation
Whether a household is deprived in one or more ways. Read more about the household deprivation variable.
Household size
The number of people in a household. Read more about the household size variable.
Legal partnership status
People's marital or civil partnership status. Read more about the legal partnership variable.
Length of residence in the UK
Length of residence in the UK. Read more about the length of residence in the UK variable.
Method of travel to workplace
How people travel from their home to their workplace. Read more about the method of travel to work variable.
There are pandemic-related quality considerations for this variable. Read more about travel to work quality information.
National identity
People's national identity (where they feel they belong or could think of as home). Read more about the national identity variable.
Number of bedrooms
The number of bedrooms in a household. Read more about the number of bedrooms variable.
Number of cars or vans
Cars or vans owned or available for use by a household. Read more about the number of cars or vans variable.
Number of households
The number of households on Census Day, 21 March 2021.
Occupancy rating for bedrooms
Whether homes are overcrowded, ideally occupied or under-occupied, based on bedrooms. Read more about the occupancy rating for bedrooms variable.
Occupation
People's main jobs. Read more about the occupation variable.
There are pandemic-related quality considerations for this variable. Read more about labour market quality information.
Passports held
The passports people hold. Read more about the passports held variable.
Population
The number of people on Census Day, 21 March 2021.
Proficiency in English
How well people whose main language is not English (or in Wales, English or Welsh) speak English. Read more about the proficiency in English variable.
Provision of unpaid care
Hours of unpaid care provided per week. Read more about the provision of unpaid care variable.
Values for this variable will differ from other sources which provide age-standardised percentages. Read more about health, disability and unpaid care quality information.
Religion
The religion people connect or identify with. Read more about the religion variable.
There are quality considerations for the "not answered" category in university locations. Read more about the ethnic group, national identity, language, and religion quality information.
Schoolchildren and full-time students
People in full-time education. Read more about the schoolchildren and full-time students variable.
Second address indicator
An address (in or out of the UK) a person stays at for more than 30 days per year that is not their place of usual residence. Read more about the second address indicator variable.
Sex
The sex recorded by the person completing the census. Read more about the sex variable.
Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC)
People's socioeconomic position based on their occupation and other job characteristics. Read more about the socio-economic classification variable.
There are pandemic-related quality considerations for this variable. Read more about labour market quality information.
Tenure of household
Whether a household owns or rents. Read more about the tenure of household variable.