How 2011 Census data can help you &

It’s easier than you think

2011 Census Benefits Realisation TeamEmail: benefits.realisation@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Nothing quite like it: Census history

• Every 10 years since 1801 (except 1941)• Essential for planning public services• The last census was March 2011 and had

a 94% national response rate

• A count (estimate) of the whole population• Every town, every village, every street

BIG THANK YOU

• You helped to make this a better census during the census operations in 2011

• Over 6,000 completion & awareness events• You promoted the 2011 Census

AND NOWHow the Census can help you

• Improved segmentation and targeting at national and local level, e.g. support for the elderly

• For charities to understand local communities they are working in - demographics, ethnicity, languages, household structures, education etc.

• Census statistics are used as evidence to inform public debate, research and policy

• Evidence-based argument to support funding applications/grants

• Planning campaigns and fund raising• Evidence-based evaluations

Nationally consistent insights for small areas and population groups• Population & housing unit counts• Family structures• Detailed characteristics• Denominators of non-census statistics• Survey sampling frames

Free-of-charge for standard

tables

What is great about the Census

Who we are. How we live. What we do.

What respondents to the census told us about society in 2011

Our population

• England and Wales population 56.1 million on 27 March 2011

• Population grew by 3.7 million (7.1 per cent) since 2001

• Increased numbers in their 20s and increased number of young children

• More over 65s• One in six aged 65 or over• 430,000 people aged 90 or over

Understanding our ageing population

Usual residents aged 65 and over by local authority in 2011

Usual residents aged 65 and over by local authority in 2001

• Improved segmentation and targeting at national and local level

• Regional ageing trends to consider

Useful tools to help you

• Population pyramids to analyse and compare age/sex structures

• Interactive maps, e.g. lone person household by percentage of 65s

More diverse population since 2001:More people born abroad

• 7.5 million people were born abroad, 2.9 million more than 2001

• Half of those born abroad arrived since 2001• 95 per cent were aged under 45 when they

arrived• In London, 1 person in 3 was born abroad

compared with North East where 1 in 20 was born abroad

Top 10 countries of birth outside of the UK

2011

Thousands

2001

Thousands

Two most common foreign countries of birth

• Local authorities with highest percentage of people born in India:• Leicester (11.3%)• Hounslow (10.7%)• Brent (9.2%)• Harrow (9.0%)• Newham (8.7%)

• Local authorities with highest percentage of people born in Poland:• Ealing (6.4%)• Slough (5.9%)• Boston (4.6%)• Haringey (4.3%)• Hounslow (4.1%)

Languages

• 92 per cent of usual residents aged three and over reported English as their main language

• Of the remaining 8 per cent (4.2 million)• 79 per cent could speak English very well or well

• 17 per cent could not speak English well

• 138,000 usual residents aged three years and over could not speak English at all

• 22,000 usual residents used sign language; 70 per cent of these used British Sign Language as their main language

Main languages other than EnglishThousands, per cent

Rank Main language Number Per centLocal Authority where percentage is largest

Percentage of region

1 English or Welsh 49,808 92.30 Redcar and Cleveland 99.32 Polish 546 1.01 Ealing 6.33 Panjabi 273 0.51 Slough 6.24 Urdu 269 0.50 Slough 5.05 Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 221 0.41 Tower Hamlets 18.06 Gujarati 213 0.39 Leicester 11.57 Arabic 159 0.30 Westminster 5.78 French 147 0.27 Kensington and Chelsea 4.99 All other Chinese 141 0.26 Cambridge 1.6

10 Portuguese 134 0.25 Lambeth 3.411 Spanish 120 0.22 Kensington and Chelsea 2.712 Tamil 101 0.19 Harrow 3.613 Turkish 99 0.18 Enfield 6.214 Italian 92 0.17 Kensington and Chelsea 2.415 Somali 86 0.16 Brent 2.016 Lithuanian 86 0.16 Boston 2.817 German 77 0.14 Kensington and Chelsea 1.418 Persian/Farsi 76 0.14 Barnet 2.019 Tagalog/Filipino 70 0.13 Kensington and Chelsea 0.920 Romanian 68 0.13 Harrow 2.027 Cantonese Chinese 44 0.08 Manchester 0.440 Mandarin Chinese 22 0.04 Manchester 0.2

Main language not English

• London had the highest percentage (22 per cent) of people who reported that English was not their main language

• The North East had the lowest percentage (3 per cent)

Religious affiliation

Religion 2001 2011Difference

Christian 37,338 33,243 -4,095

Buddhist 144 248 103

Hindu 552 817 264

Jewish 260 263 3

Muslim 1,547 2,706 1,159

Sikh 329 423 94

No religion 7,709 14,097 6,388

12 percentage point decrease

10 percentage point increase

2 percentage point increase

Percentage of people by religion, 2001 and 2011

Number of people by religion, 2001, 2011 and difference between 2001 and 2011 (thousands)

Ethnicity

Broad ethnic group 2001 2011 Difference

White - British

45,534

45,135 - 399

White - other 1,987

3,075 1,088

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups

661 1,224 563

Asian/Asian British 2,501

4,214 1,713

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British 1,140

1,865 725

Other ethnic group

220

564 344

Number of people by ethnic group, 2001, 2011 and difference between 2001 and 2011 (thousands)

Growing ethnic diversity

2001 2011

Percentage of people who have Asian, Black, mixed, other white, other ethnicity

Median age for different ethnic groups

16

17

18

20

23

24

25

26

27

28

28

31

31

31

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40

42

53

39

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed

Black/Black British: Other Black

Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi

Asian/Asian British: Pakistani

White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller

Other ethnic group: Arab

Asian/Asian British: Chinese

Black/Black British: Af rican

White: Other White

Asian/Asian British: Other Asian

Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group

Asian/Asian British: Indian

Black/Black British: Caribbean

White: British

White: Irish

Usual resident population

Ethnic group: Median age All usual residentsEngland and Wales, 2011

Median age (years)

Useful tools to help you

• Census statistics can help charities to understand local communities they are working in, e.g. demographics, ethnicity, languages etc

• Census analysis and videos for various topic areas, e.g. languages, ethnicity and religion etc

Percentage of households by type

Tenure

• 15 per cent of households in privately rented accommodation, nine per cent in 2001

• More people were renting from private landlords in 2011 than renting from the council.

Percentage of households by tenure, 2001 and 2011

Useful tools to help you

• Many charities interested in household & family structures

• Analyses and comparison tools available to support data, e.g. lone parents 2001 v 2011

General health

• 81 per cent of usual residents reported their general health as ‘Very good’ or ‘Good’• England: 81 per cent • Wales: 78 per cent

• Regionally this ranged from 77 per cent in the North East to 84 per cent in London

London North East

Limiting long-term illness• 18 per cent of usual

residents were limited in their daily activities in 2011

• Regionally this ranged from 14 per cent in London to 23 per cent in Wales

• 5.8 million unpaid carers in England and Wales

• Over 2 million people provided over 20 hours of unpaid care week

• 58% of unpaid carers are female; 42% are male

• 5.8 million unpaid carers in England and Wales

• Over 2 million people provided over 20 hours of unpaid care week

• 58% of unpaid carers are female; 42% are male

Gender inequality in unpaid care

Age 0-24

Age 25-49

Age 50-64

2%

3%

8%

13%

17%

24%

Each figure represents 1%

Health of unpaid carers

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0 to 24 25 to 49 50 to 64

Per cent (not good health)

Age group

No unpaid care

1 to 19 hours unpaid care

20 to 49 hours unpaid care

50 hours or more unpaid care

Full-time workers providing 50+ hours per week unpaid care

Between 2001 and 2011:• the number of men has increased from

108,000 to 126,000 (17% increase)• the number of women has increased from

63,000 to 88,000 (39% increase)

2.5 times more likely to report not good health than those working full-time and providing no unpaid care

2011 Census statistics helping you

• Census statistics are used as evidence to inform public debate, research and policy

• Recent example: Unpaid Care, May 2013• The Children’s Society report ‘Hidden from view: The

experience of young carers in England’

Qualifications in 2011• 27 per cent of those aged 16 or over had a

degree or higher qualification• This was larger than the 23 per cent who had no

qualifications; different across regions

Getting census statistics is easy & free of charge for standard tables

Visit www.ons.gov.uk/census

OR

Census Customer Services - to help you find and interpret dataTel: 01329 444972

Email: census.customerservices@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Everything about the Census

• Dedicated Census web pages on ONS website

• Links to:

• Data tables• Statistical bulletins• Data visualisations• Analysis• Videos• Census prospectus

We would love to hear from you how you use 2011 Census data

2011 Census Benefits Realisation Team

Email: benefits.realisation@ons.gsi.gov.uk

2011 Census case studies

• Want to hear from you how you use 2011 Census data and what impact it makes

• Want to showcase the work you do with census data – case studies of census uses will be on our ONS website

• Important for our census evaluation and case studies will feel feed into Beyond 2011

• Happy to help you with your case studies – what is the best way to communicate with you?

• Here to help – email the Census Benefits Realisation Team

Practical guide:What is available and how to access the

2011 Census data

2011 Census release timetable

Four release stages:R1 Age, sex and occupied household numbers, info on

2nd addresses by age, sex, & type of second address (Jul 12-Nov 12)

R2 Key & Quick statistics (Dec 12 – Mar 13)

R3 Detailed Characteristics, Theme & Armed forces (May 13 – Jul 13)

R4 Local characteristics (Jul 13 – Oct 13)

Following these four stages – specialist products such as flow data, microdata & alternative population databases (Nov 13 onwards)

Types of 2011 Census data available

• Univariate tables - simple tables that provide estimates with only one variable (e.g. population of UK by single year of age)

Releases 1 & 2

• Multivariate – more complex tables that provide estimates with two or more variables (e.g. population of UK by single year of age that have more than 2 ‘A’ levels)

Releases 3 & 4

Chargeable non-standard tables

Commissioned table service for those that have needs not covered by our standard table provision:

•Univariate commissioned tables requests can be made now•Multivariate commissioned table request will taken in October 2013

All requests for commissioned tables should be made to Census Customer Services at:

census.customer.services@ons.gsi.gov.uk

(A charge will be made for all commissioned tables)

Important census definitions• Usual residents - in the UK and have stayed or intends to stay in the UK

for a period of 12 months or more, or; have a permanent UK address and is outside the UK and intends to be outside

the UK for less than 12 months.

• Short term resident - anyone born outside the UK who has stayed or intends to stay in the UK for a period of three months or more but less than 12 months.

• Household - one person living alone; or • a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area.

• Dwelling – a unit of accommodation which may comprise one or more household spaces (the accommodation used or available for use by an individual household).

A dwelling may be classified as shared or unshared. A dwelling is shared if: • the household spaces it contains have the accommodation type ‘part of a converted or shared house’, • not all of the rooms (including kitchen, bathroom and toilet, if any) are behind a door that only that household can use, and • there is at least one other such household space at the same address with which it can be combined to form the shared dwelling.

A full glossary of 2011 Census terms can be downloaded from: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-data/2011-first-release/2011-census-definitions/2011-census-glossary.pdf

Where to find census data

• The ONS census website www.ons.gov.uk/census

• More detailed data on two other websites; both link from ONS census website1) The NeSS website www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/

2) The NOMIS website www.nomisweb.co.uk/

ONS Census NOMISNeSS

What tools are available to help #1

• Key Statistics Interface                                                                             

• Available at: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2001-2011-census-comparator-tool.zip

Select LA

2011 Census - key statistics interface

Please select a local authority

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IntroductionThis key statistics interface is part of the second release from the 2011 Census of population for England and Wales conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It provides key statistics from Census Day, 27 March 2011.

Information is provided on the usually resident population at national, regional, and constituent Local Authority District and Unitary Authority level. There may be inconsistencies with the key statistics tables as, where possible, comparisons have been made with 2001 Census.

This information pack is provided in accordance with the provisions of the Census Act 1920, and therefore relates only to the census in England and Wales

By selecting a local authority at the top of this page the pack provides an area-specific summary of the material outlined on the contents page. Separate key statistics tables for all local authorities and regions are also published as part of the second release. The tables can be downloaded from the same location as this pack:

Select Region

Select LA

To use this topic interface please ensure that macros and ActiveX are enabled

Key Statistics Interface:

Microsoft instructions for enabling macros Microsoft instructions for enabling ActiveX

Key statistics

Explanatory materials

Print Key Statistics

How to use the packEnable macros and ActiveX.

Select your area of choice from thedrop-down menu. This will update thecharts in all tabs.

Use the buttons to navigate within thesheets and between tabs.

Once you have chosen an area ofinterest, use the print button to produceoptimised printing options.Top 10

What tools are available to help #2

• Search tables by topics

• Available at www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-

census-data-catalogue/2011-census-index-of-tables-and-topics.zip

For help with understanding census statistics, check out: 2011 Census User Guide

Cycle through details of every available table:

Tables matching your selected topics

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Presentation of data

• Both NeSS and NOMIS provide mapping and charting tools

• All census data is available for download in .xls and .csv format.

• Graphics for presentation can be done using standard charting tools such as Excel.