General Details

Dataset Title

Tenure - People (UV43)

Dataset Code

UV43

NeSS Domain(s)

2001 Census / Census Area Statistics

Housing

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Geographic Coverage

England and Wales

Lowest Area Level

Output Area

Time Period of Dataset(s):

2001

Source Organisation

Office for National Statistics

Source Division / Branch

Neighbourhood Statistics and Census Output

Contact Name

Advice concerning Census specific details should be referred to:

Census Customer Services

Contact Address

Census Customer Services

Office for National Statistics

Segensworth Road

Titchfield

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RR

Contact Telephone Number

Tel No : 01329 813800

Fax No : 01329 813587

Minicom : 01329 813669

Contact E-mail address

census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk

National Statistics Data?

The supplier of this dataset has declared that it

DOES belong within the National Statistics Profile.

Statistical Metadata

Scope and Purpose

This is one of the set of Univariate tables produced as part of the Census Area Statistics from the 2001 Census. The Univariate tables give results for a single Census variable.

This table is about Tenure.

The table shows the usual resident population living in households by the tenure of the accommodation.

The tenure of a household is derived from the response to the 2001 Census question asking whether the household owns or rents its accommodation and, if rented, from the response to the question asking who is the landlord.

For the purposes of this table the terms used to describe tenure are defined as:

• Owned: either owned outright, owned with a mortgage or loan, or paying rent and part mortgage (shared ownership).

• Rented from Council: refers to Rented from Council (local authority).

• Other Social Rented: includes rented from Registered Social Landlord, Housing Association, Housing Co-operative and Charitable Trust.

• Private Rented: renting from a private landlord or letting agency, employer of a household member, relative, friend of household member or other person.

• Living Rent Free: could include households that are living in accommodation other than private rented.

The population of this table is all people in households

. This dataset is available for the following geographies:

• Output Areas;

• Lower Layer Super Output Areas;

• Middle Layer Super Output Areas;

• Wards; • Local Authorities;

• Regions; and,

• National level

The confidentiality of personal information is paramount, and disclosure protection measures to prevent inadvertent disclosure of information about individuals or households have been applied to the dataset.

Details of the Information held on this Dataset are outlined below

Column Heading

Data Type

Variable/Variable Description

All People in Households

Count

All people living in households, who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census.

Owned

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Owned'.

Owned: Owns outright

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Owned outright'.

Owned: Owns with a mortgage or loan

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Owned with a mortgage or loan'.

Owned: Shared ownership

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Owned through Shared Ownership'.

Social rented

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Social Rented'.

Social rented: Rented from Council (Local Authority)

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Rented from the Council'.

Social rented: Other social rented

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Socially rented other than from the Council'.

Private rented

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Private rented'.

Private rented: Private landlord or letting agency

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Rented from Private landlord or letting agency'.

Private rented: Employer of household member

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Rented from the employer of a household member'.

Private rented: Relative or friend of a household member

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Rented from a relative or friend of a household member'.

Private rented: Other

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived in accommodation that was 'Private rented', other than from a private landlord or letting agency, employer of a household member, or a relative or friend of a household member..

Living rent free

Count

All people who were usually resident in the area at the time of the 2001 Census, who lived rent free in their accommodation.

Administrative / Methodological Procedures

The Census was designed to collect information on the resident population on Census Day - 29 April 2001. Enumerators delivered Census forms to every private household and every communal establishment in advance. Residents were asked to complete the forms with the information as correct on Census Day, and to post the completed forms back in a pre-addressed envelope. Where a form was not received through the post after a specified period, the enumerator visited the address in order to collect the form by hand. Arrangements made to enumerate special groups such as the Armed Forces and people sleeping rough.

The Census was followed by the Census Coverage Survey (CCS) which took place between 24 May and 18 June 2001. This was an independent doorstep survey of a sample of a third of a million households, covering every local authority, which was used to adjust the Census counts for under-enumeration.

Further information on the methodological procedures used in the 2001 Census may be found here.

Concepts and Definitions

2001 Population

In the 2001 Census information was collected for usual residents. A usual resident was generally defined as someone who spent most of their time at a specific address. It included: people who usually lived at that address but were temporarily away (on holiday, visiting friends or relatives, or temporarily in a hospital or similar establishment); people who worked away from home for part of the time; students, if it was their term-time address; a baby born before 30 April 2001 even if it was still in hospital; and people present on Census Day, even if temporarily, who had no other usual address. However, it did not include anyone present on Census Day who had another usual address or anyone who had been living or intended to live in a special establishment, such as a residential home, nursing home or hospital, for six months or more.

Tenure

The tenure of a household is derived from the response to the question asking whether the household owns or rents its accommodation and, if rented, from the response to the question asking who is the landlord.

For the purposes of table UV43 the terms used to describe tenure are defined as:

Owned: either owned outright, owned with a mortgage or loan, or paying rent and part mortgage (shared ownership).

Rented from Council: refers to Rented from Council (local authority), Scottish homes in Scotland and Northern Ireland Housing Executive in Northern Ireland.

Other Social Rented: includes rented from Registered Social Landlord, Housing Association, Housing Co-operative and Charitable Trust. In Northern Ireland, 'Rented from council' refers to rented from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

 Private Rented: renting from a private landlord or letting agency, employer of a household member, relative, friend of household member or other person.

Living Rent Free: could include households that are living in accommodation other than private rented.

Data Classifications

Where possible Census results are presented using standard classifications. Further information on classifications used in the 2001 Census is available here.

Edit and Imputation Procedures

To improve the quality of published Census results, the collected data have been subject to edit and imputation procedures for incorrect or missing data. Edit procedures applied to obviously incorrect responses (such as someone aged 180) and were designed to correct the mistake by making the least possible change to the data. Imputation procedures applied to missing data on a returned form, and drew on responses to the question from people with similar characteristics. Since missing data were imputed, there are no ‘not stated’ categories in tables, except for those tables relating to Religion. As this was a voluntary question responses were not imputed.

Validation and Quality Assurance

Questions included on the Census form, the design of the form itself, and the administrative procedures involved in collecting the Census data underwent substantial testing. Coding of the data was subject to quality checks. The quality of the results was improved by the use of edit and imputation procedures for missing or incorrect data, and the One Number Census process was used to correct for under-enumeration. Following this, the results have undergone an extensive quality assurance process, including checks against administrative records and sources of information on particular groups such as students and the armed forces.

Information on Census response rates and the accuracy of the Census results is available here. Further information on data quality will be published in a Quality Report in 2003.

Geographic Referencing

Census data are aggregated within different boundaries by assembling small geographical ‘building bricks’ to which the data are coded. The most adaptable and unchanging ‘building brick’ is a National Grid co-ordinate reference. Reference to a grid square of one metre gives a building, the households and people within it, a unique geographical location. Data with such references may be ‘captured’ and aggregated for any area with a boundary represented by a line of co-ordinates - termed a digital boundary.

Every record on the output database of the 2001 Census has to co-ordinate reference to one metre resolution, as well as a postcode and more conventional area codes. This facilitates the ONS geographical referencing strategy and allows the data to be aggregated to current, new, old or ad hoc boundaries. It is also the basis of improved small areas for the presentation of statistics – the Output Areas.

Further information on the Output Geography used in the 2001 Census may be found here.

Disclosure Control / Confidentiality

The confidentiality of personal Census information is paramount, and disclosure protection measures are used to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of information about identifiable individuals.

Small counts in all tables issued for England and Wales are adjusted. In addition there has been swapping of records in the output database, and broad limitations are placed on details in tables to be produced for small populations. There are also minimum thresholds of numbers of person and households for the release of sets of output. For Key Statistics these are 40 households and 100 persons. The adjustment of small counts means that each table will be internally consistent and sum to the totals given, however, different tables may show different counts for the same area or population.

More details on the ONS Census disclosure control strategy may be found here.

Sources for Further Information or Advice

Census Customer Services

Office for National Statistics

Segensworth Road

Titchfield

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RR

Tel No : 01329 813800

Fax No : 01329 813587

Minicom : 01329 813669

E-Mail: census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk