Mnemonic: multi_passports
Applicability: Person
Type: Derived variable
Definition
Classifies a person according to the passport or passports they held at the time of the census. This included expired passports or travel documents people were entitled to renew.
People were asked to indicate whether they held no passport, a United Kingdom passport, an Ireland passport, or a passport from another country, and to write in the name of the other country if applicable. If more than one of the options were applicable people were asked to indicate all that applied. In results that classify people by passports held, those who hold a United Kingdom or Irish passport, and any other type of passport, will appear in each applicable category.
Classification
Total number of categories: 24
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | UK passport only |
| 2 | Irish passport only |
| 3 | Other passport only: Europe, European Union |
| 4 | Other passport only: Europe, Other Europe |
| 5 | Other passport only: African |
| 6 | Other passport only: Middle East and Asian |
| 7 | Other passport only: The Americas and Caribbean |
| 8 | Other passport only: Antarctica and Oceania (including Australia) |
| 9 | Two passports held: UK and Irish passport |
| 10 | UK and Other passport: Europe, European Union |
| 11 | UK and Other passport: Europe, Other Europe |
| 12 | UK and Other passport: African |
| 13 | UK and Other passport: Middle East and Asian |
| 14 | UK and Other passport: The Americas and Caribbean |
| 15 | UK and Other passport: Antarctica and Oceania (including Australia) |
| 16 | Irish and Other passport: Europe, European Union |
| 17 | Irish and Other passport: Europe, Other Europe |
| 18 | Irish and Other passport: African |
| 19 | Irish and Other passport: Middle East and Asian |
| 20 | Irish and Other passport: The Americas and Caribbean |
| 21 | Irish and Other passport: Antarctica and Oceania (including Australia) |
| 22 | UK, Irish, and Other passport |
| 23 | No passport held |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Students and schoolchildren living away during term-time.
View all multiple passports held classifications.
Quality information
We advised users that Croatia passport holders were incorrectly coded to the “Other passport: Europe, Other Europe” groupings instead of “Other passport: Europe, European Union” groupings. These were corrected on 28 November 2023.
Where a person recorded having more than one passport in the “Other passport” field, only the first country written in was taken.
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
Not comparable
This variable is new for Census 2021 and there is no comparability with the 2011 Census.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared with a variable from the 2011 Census.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Not comparable
This variable is not comparable as the data is not available for all countries.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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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