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England and Wales
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Bedrooms,Occupancy rating,Gender identity
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About this dataset
This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents aged 16 years and over in households in England and Wales, by gender identity and occupancy rating (bedrooms). The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.
Gender identity estimates from Census 2021 are official statistics in development. This reflects their innovative nature and the evolving understanding of measuring gender identity, along with the uncertainty associated with these estimates. To support appropriate use, please refer to the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Quality Information page before using these estimates.
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.
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About the variables
Gender identity (7 categories)
Description: Classifies people according to the responses to the gender identity question. This question was voluntary and was only asked of people aged 16 years and over.
Comparability with 2011: Not comparable. This variable is new for Census 2021 and there is no comparability with the 2011 Census.
Read more...Occupancy rating for bedrooms (6 categories)
Description: Whether a household's accommodation is overcrowded, ideally occupied or under-occupied. This is calculated by comparing the number of bedrooms the household requires to the number of available bedrooms.
The number of bedrooms the household requires is calculated according to the Bedroom Standard, where the following should have their own bedroom:
- adult couple
- any remaining adult (aged 21 years or over)
- two males (aged 10 to 20 years)
- one male (aged 10 to 20 years) and one male (aged 9 years or under), if there are an odd number of males aged 10-20
- one male aged 10-20 if there are no males aged 0-9 to pair with him.
- repeat steps 3-5 for females
- two children (aged 9 years or under) regardless of sex
- any remaining child (aged 9 years or under)
An occupancy rating of:
- -1 or less: implies that a household's accommodation has fewer bedrooms than required (overcrowded)
- +1 or more: implies that a household's accommodation has more bedrooms than required (under-occupied)
0: suggests that a household's accommodation has an ideal number of bedrooms
Comparability with 2011: Highly comparable
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