1991 Census Small Area Statistics and Local Base Statistics

Introduction

A Census of population is conducted every ten years in the United Kingdom by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS). 1991 was the last year that such an exercise was undertaken. A description of the legal basis for the Census, the questions asked and the format of the data collection exercise is given in the Introduction to the 1991 Census

Census data is collected, processed and anonymised by OPCS prior to release to Crown-appointed Census Agents such as Business Geographics. OPCS release the data at the lowest level of aggregation, the Enumeration District, detailing population characteristics for groups of around 150-200 households.

Business Geographics have added value to the 1991 Census by extracting the most useful variables from the 9000 or so available from OPCS, aggregating the counts to commonly used geographical areas (such as postcode sectors, 1991 wards) and supplying the data for use in a variety of database packages or Geographical Information Systems.

Prices are in UK Sterling and refer to single-user licensing on a personal computer.

Demographics for mainland Great Britain

Data is provided at postcode sector level, at 1991 Census ward (postcode sector in Scotland) level and at 1991 Census enumeration district level for the whole of mainland Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales).

Key counts

Usually resident population, residents in private households, persons present on Census night, private households, children 0-15 male, children 0-15 female, adults 16-64 male, adults 16-59 female, adults 65+ male, adults 60+ female. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £800
Enumeration District level:    £3,950

Primary demographics

Includes all the counts supplied with the extended key counts pack plus age 0-4, age 5-14, age 15-24, age 25-34, age 35-44, age 45-54, age 55-64, age 65-74, age 75+, ethnic white, ethnic black, ethnic indian, ethnic chinese, ethnic other asian, single person households, social class AB, social class C1, social class C2, social class DE, armed forces, households 0 cars, households 1 car, households 2 cars, households 3+ cars, tenure owner occupied, tenure rented privately, tenure rented LA etc, dwellings detached, dwellings semi-detached, dwellings terraced, dwellings flat, dwellings other permanent, dwellings non-permanent, economically active males 16-64, economically active females 16-59, unemployed males 16- 64, unemployed females 16-59, employed full time, employed part time. 
Ward or postcode sector level: £1,550
Enumeration District level:    £8,650

Standard demographics

Contains the 200 most important Census counts including all those from which the primary demographics (above) were compiled. Usually resident population, residents in private households, persons present on Census night, private households, age (21 categories), males by age group (21 categories), females by age group (21 categories), communal establishments, persons present in communal establishments, ethnic group (10 categories), born in Ireland, economically active (5 categories), employment status (5 categories), unemployment (5 categories), students, tenure (8 categories), car availability (4 categories), household size (8 categories), life stage (28 categories), dwellings (13 categories), industry (12 categories), occupation (11 categories), households by socio-economic group (20 categories). 
Ward or postcode sector level: £2,000
Enumeration District level:   £11,450

Professional demographics

Contains 500 Census counts including those in the Standard demographic and topic packs (except for the Communal establishments pack). Additional counts include a more detailed breakdown of items in the other packs plus marital status (4 categories), country of birth by sex (34 categories), limiting long term illness (24 categories), migrants (9 categories), household amenities (40 categories), rooms and household size (15 categories), households with dependent children (6 categories), lone parents (12 categories), pensioner households (12 categories), travel to work (12 categories), educational qualifications (14 categories) and family type (18 categories). 
Ward or postcode sector level: £3,200
Enumeration District level:   £18,950

Topic packs for mainland Great Britain

Data is provided at postcode sector level, at 1991 Census ward (postcode sector in Scotland) level and at 1991 Census enumeration district level for the whole of mainland Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales).

Population counts

Present residents, absent residents, visitors, persons present, usually resident population, residents in private households, residents not in private households. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Age

0-4, 5-15, 16-17, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75+. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £800
Enumeration District level:    £3,950

Detailed age

0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60- 64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90+. 
Ward or postcode sector level: £1,100
Enumeration District level:    £5,850

Ethnic group

White, black caribbean , black african, black other, indian, pakistani, bangladeshi, chinese, other asian, other. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Country of birth

UK, Eire, Old Commonwealth, New Commonwealth, other EC, other Europe, China, rest of the world. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £800
Enumeration District level:    £3,950

Economic activity

Economically active males, economically active females, economically active males 16-64, economically active females 16-59, unemployed males 16-64, unemployed females 16-59. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Employment status

Full time male employees, full time female employees, part time male employees, part time female employees, unemployed males, unemployed females, other economically active females. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Car availability

Households with no cars, one car, two cars and three or more cars. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Home tenure

Home owner, home buyer, rented furnished, rented unfurnished, rented with job, housing association, rented local authority or Scottish Homes, total households in permanent accommodation, total in non-permanent accommodation. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Households and rooms

Households with one room, two rooms, three rooms, four rooms, five rooms, six rooms and seven or more rooms, plus the total number of rooms in the area. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Household size

Households with no persons, one person, two persons, three persons, four persons, five persons, six persons, and seven or more persons. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Lifestage

Household lifestage comprising 28 lifestage categories based on age of head of household, age of youngest child in household, if any, and whether in a couple or not in a couple. 
Ward or postcode sector level: £1,100
Enumeration District level:    £5,850

Dwellings

Detached, semi-detached, terraced, purpose built flat, converted unshared dwelling, non self-contained unshared dwelling, other non self-contained dwellings, non-permanent dwelling. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £800
Enumeration District level:    £3,950

Industry

Agriculture, forestry and fishing; energy and water; mining; manufacturing metal etc; manufacturing other; construction; distribution and catering; transport; banking and finance; other services. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Travel to work mode

Persons travelling to work by British Rail train, other rail, bus, car driver, car passenger, motor cycle, pedal cycle, on foot and other modes, plus persons working at home. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Educational qualifications

Persons with higher level educational qualifications analysed by sex (total, male, female); by age (18-29, 30-44, 45-pensionable age, pensionable age+); by type of qualification (diploma/certificate etc, first degree and equivalents, higher degree). 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Occupation

Management and administration; professional occupation; associate professional and technical; clerical and secretarial; craft and related; personal and protective; sales; plant and machinery operatives; other; occupation not stated. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Social class of head of household

AB, C1, C2, DE and armed forces. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £800
Enumeration District level:    £3,950

Socio-economic group (SEG) and social class

Households by SEG of head of household (18 SEG categories plus economically inactive head); persons by SEG of head of household (18 SEG categories plus economically inactive head); households by Census social class of head of household (I, II, III (N), III (M), IV, V); households by head of household in armed forces, on government scheme, inadequately described, retired. 
Ward or postcode sector level: £1,100
Enumeration District level:    £5,850

Communal establishments

Number of communal establishments and number of persons present by all establishments; medical and care establishments; detention, defence and education establishments; hotels and boarding houses; other communal establishments. 
Ward or postcode sector level:   £650
Enumeration District level:    £3,000

Areas and centroids

Ward and postcode sector data

Ward data is provided for 1991 wards (postcode sectors in Scotland) frozen at the time of the Census. Postcode sector data is provided for the postcode geography current at time of order and is updated every six months. Optional half yearly updates to the latest postcode geography are available for £50 plus 20 per cent of list price. All ward and postcode sector data sets include population weighted centroids.

Enumeration district data

Enumeration district data sets include the ED centroids defined by the Census Offices. More accurate centroids, derived from digitised enumeration district boundaries, are given in the 1991 enhanced enumeration district centroids data set (£800). Users undertaking spatial searches on ED centroids are strongly recommended to purchase this additional data set.

Multi-user pricing for 1991 Census data

Prices given for 1991 Census data apply to a single user licence allowing internal use of the data on a single computer. A five user licence costs three times the list price, a twenty user licence six times the list price and a full corporate licence ten times the list price.

Customised Selections

If none of the standard packages meet your requirements contact Business Geographics to define a customised selection from the full set of around 9,000 counts available from the 1991 Census Small Area Statistics (SAS).
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