Household composition (11 categories)

Description: Households according to the relationships between members. One-family households are classified by: - the number of dependent children - family type (married, civil partnership or cohabiting couple family, or lone parent family)

Other households are classified by: - the number of people - the number of dependent children - whether the household consists only of students or only of people aged 66 and over

Quality information: There are quality considerations around consistency of census data on household and family composition and legal partnership status, and changes in the definition of "other household types" since 2011.

Comparability with 2011: Broadly comparable. This is derived from the legal partnership status derived variable. We have made changes to reflect that people can now marry someone of the same-sex and people of the opposite-sex can be in a civil partnership.

Number of cars or vans (3 categories)

Description: The number of cars or vans owned or available for use by household members.

Vehicles included: * pick-ups, camper vans and motor homes
* vehicles that are temporarily not working
* vehicles that have failed their MOT
* vehicles owned or used by a lodger
* company cars or vans if they're available for private use

Vehicles not included: * motorbikes, trikes, quad bikes or mobility scooters
* vehicles that have a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)
* vehicles owned or used only by a visitor
* vehicles that are kept at another address or not easily accessed

The number of cars or vans in an area relates only to households. Cars or vans used by communal establishment residents are not counted.
Households with 10 to 20 cars or vans are counted as having only 10.
Households with more than 20 cars or vans were treated as invalid and a value imputed.

Comparability with 2011: Highly comparable