Mnemonic: resident_age_extended
Applicability: Person
Type: Derived variable
Definition
A person’s age on Census Day, 21 March 2021 in England and Wales. Infants aged under 1 year are classified as 0 years of age.
Classification
Total number of categories: 17
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aged 15 years and under |
| 2 | Aged 16 to 17 years |
| 3 | Aged 18 to 19 years |
| 4 | Aged 20 to 24 years |
| 5 | Aged 25 to 29 years |
| 6 | Aged 30 to 34 years |
| 7 | Aged 35 to 39 years |
| 8 | Aged 40 to 44 years |
| 9 | Aged 45 to 49 years |
| 10 | Aged 50 to 54 years |
| 11 | Aged 55 to 59 years |
| 12 | Aged 60 to 64 years |
| 13 | Aged 65 to 69 years |
| 14 | Aged 70 to 74 years |
| 15 | Aged 75 to 79 years |
| 16 | Aged 80 to 84 years |
| 17 | Aged 85 years and over |
View all age (extended) classifications.
Quality information
Estimates for single year of age between ages 90 and 100+ are less reliable than other ages. Estimation and adjustment at these ages was based on the age range 90+ rather than five-year age bands.
Read more in our Demography and migration quality information for Census 2021 methodology.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from the 2011 Census. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from Scotland and Northern Ireland. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.
Census 2021 data that uses this variable
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