Summary

Exploring the age, sex, ethnic group, health, disability status, legal partnership status, sexual orientation, and employment status of people identified as homeless in England and Wales, using Census 2021 data. Experimental Statistics.

Publications

• People experiencing homelessness, England and Wales: Census 2021

Data

• People experiencing homelessness, England and Wales: Census 2021 – Labour market tables

  People identified as homeless by highest qualification and labour market variables.

• People experiencing homelessness, England and Wales: Census 2021 – Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion tables

  People identified as homeless by ethnic group, national identity, religion, main language, and English language proficiency.

• People experiencing homelessness, England and Wales: Census 2021 – Demography tables

  People identified as homeless by area, age, sex, country of birth, legal partnership status, and address last year.

• People experiencing homelessness, England and Wales: Census 2021 – Sexual orientation tables

  People identified as homeless by sexual orientation.

• People experiencing homelessness, England and Wales: Census 2021 – Health and disability tables

  People identified as homeless by general health and disability.

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About the data

This release includes data from Census 2021.

National Statistics

These statistics have been given National Statistics status by the Office for Statistics Regulation. They have been produced by following the standards set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics. They meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and public value.

This means that they:

• meet identified user needs
• are well explained and easily accessible
• are produced based on appropriate data and methods
• are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest