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Accommodation by type of dwelling, type of central heating in household and uk armed forces veteran indicator

Summary

This dataset provides 2021 Census estimates that classify all usual residents in households in England and Wales by accommodation by type of dwelling, type of central heating in household and uk armed forces veteran indicator. The estimates are as at census day, 21 March 2021.

Variable and dataset information

Area type

Census 2021 statistics are published for a number of different geographies. These can be large, for example the whole of England, or small, for example an output area (OA), the lowest level of geography for which statistics are produced.

For higher levels of geography, more detailed statistics can be produced. When a lower level of geography is used, such as output areas (which have a minimum of 100 persons), the statistics produced have less detail. This is to protect the confidentiality of people and ensure that individuals or their characteristics cannot be identified.

England and Wales

Data for both England and Wales.

Coverage

Census 2021 statistics are published for the whole of England and Wales. However, you can choose to filter areas by:

  • country - for example, Wales
  • region - for example, London
  • local authority - for example, Cornwall
  • health area – for example, Clinical Commissioning Group
  • statistical area - for example, MSOA or LSOA

Accommodation by type of dwelling

Classifies dwellings by their type of accommodation. For example, houses, flats or mobile and temporary structures.

Type of central heating in household

Central heating is a heating system used to heat multiple rooms in a building by circulating air or heated water through pipes to radiators or vents. Single or multiple fuel sources can fuel these systems.

Central heating systems that are unused or not working are still considered. No information is available for household spaces with no usual residents.

UK armed forces veteran indicator

Identifies people who have previously served in the UK armed forces. This includes those who have served for at least one day in armed forces, either regular or reserves, or Merchant Mariners who have seen duty on legally defined military operations.

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Variables

Population type
All usual residents in households
Area type
England and Wales
Coverage
England and Wales
Accommodation by type of dwelling
9 Categories
  • Unshared dwelling: Detached whole house or bungalow
  • Unshared dwelling: Semi-detached house or bungalow
  • Unshared dwelling: Terraced
  • Unshared dwelling: In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement
  • Unshared dwelling: Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits
  • Unshared dwelling: Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse
  • Unshared dwelling: In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop
  • Unshared dwelling: A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure
  • Shared dwelling
Type of central heating in household
13 Categories
  • No central heating
  • Mains gas only
  • Tank or bottled gas only
  • Oil only
  • Wood only
  • Solid fuel only
  • Two or more types of central heating (not including renewable energy)
  • Two or more types of central heating (including renewable energy)
  • Does not apply
Show all 13 categories
UK armed forces veteran indicator
5 Categories
  • Previously served in the UK regular armed forces
  • Previously served in UK reserve armed forces
  • Previously served in both regular and reserve UK armed forces
  • Has not previously served in any UK armed forces
  • Does not apply

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Protecting personal data

Sometimes we need to make changes to data if it is possible to identify individuals. This is known as statistical disclosure control.

In Census 2021, we:

  • swapped records (targeted record swapping), for example, if a household was likely to be identified in datasets because it has unusual characteristics, we swapped the record with a similar one from a nearby small area (very unusual households could be swapped with one in a nearby local authority)
  • added small changes to some counts (cell key perturbation), for example, we might change a count of four to a three or a five – this might make small differences between tables depending on how the data are broken down when we applied perturbation

Read more in Section 5 of our article Design for Census 2021.

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