How many topics are covered?

With each Census there is a change in the number of topics but, for example, the 1991 Local Base and Small Area Statistics covered many topics which can be categorised into six themes:

• Demographic and economic characteristics
• Housing
• Households and household composition
• Household spaces and dwellings
• Scotland and Wales only tables
• 10 per cent topics on employment and occupation

Follow these links to see a full list of 1991 LBS and SAS topics. (More information about the 1991 LBS and SAS is provided in CHCC Unit 1: A quick introduction to the Census.) [Note: These links open in a new window]

In the 2001 Census, there were 34 core topics for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and a full list of topics can be found in Census Fact Sheet 9 [Note: This link opens in a new window] (Denham and Rees, 2002). These core topics can be divided into the following broad categories:

• Household accommodation (e.g. number of rooms for sole use by household)
• Demographic characteristics (e.g. sex, date of birth and marital status)
• Health/long-term illness/provision of care (e.g. long-term illness which limits daily activity or work)
• Qualifications (e.g. academic and vocational qualifications)
• Household relationships(e.g. husband, grandchild)
• Cultural characteristics (e.g. ethnic group)
• Migration (e.g. address one year ago)
• Employment (e.g. job title and work done in main job)
• Work place and journey to work. (e.g. address of work place)