Summary information

Study title

2011 Census: Flow Data

Creator

Office for National Statistics

Study number / PID

7713 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-7713-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The UK censuses took place on 27 March 2011. They were run by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA), National Records of Scotland (NRS), and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for both England and Wales. The UK comprises the countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.Statistics from the UK censuses help paint a picture of the nation and how we live. They provide a detailed snapshot of the population and its characteristics and underpin funding allocation to provide public services. This is the home for all UK census data.Census flow data involve flows of individuals in the UK between origins and destinations. These flows are either the residential migrations of individuals from one place of usual residence to another, or of commuters making journeys from home to workplace or place of study. These data are derived from the questions on the census form relating to usual place of residence one year ago, and the place of work for the respondent's main job. Flow data are currently available at a range of different spatial scales ranging from Output Areas to Local Authority Districts. Main Topics:The Census Support: Flow Data website facilitates access to the interaction data for members of UK higher and further education institutions. Access is provided through the Web-based Interface to Census Interaction Data (WICID). The 2011 sets currently held include:Census migration datasets: Special Migration Statistics. Migration data at Local Authority District, Ward, and Output Area level.Special Student Statistics: Migration data at Local Authority District, Ward, and Output Area level.Census commuting datasets: Special Workplace Statistics: Commuting data at Local Authority District, Middle-layer Super Output Area, Intermediate Zone (for Scotland), Workplace Zone (for England and Wales), and Output Area level.Census second residence datasets: Special...
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Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

National

Universe

Respondents to the 2001 Census involved in residential migrations and commuting

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Self-completion

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2015

Terms of data access

Data may be accessed via the WICID Flow Data website. Parts of these data are freely available to all and are licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence. Other parts require a Special Licence Agreement and require users to be students or staff at UK universities, UK government staff, NHS staff or Research Council staff. These users need to register with UK Data Service first and access the safeguarded data via Federated Access.