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Selected household characteristics (2001 Census)

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Society

Summary

A multiple deprivation measure from the 2001 census: all households and whether they are deprived on any of four dimensions or household characteristics. Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics Geographies: Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Ward, Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census) Notes: The table shows all households by the number of selected characteristics it has. The selected characteristics are defined within the four dimensions as follows: Employment: Any member of the household aged 16-74 who is not a full-time student is either unemployed or permanently sick. Education: No member of the household aged 16 to pensionable age has at least 5 GCSEs (grade A-C) or equivalent AND no member of the household aged 16-18 is in full-time education. Health and disability: Any member of the household has general health 'not good' in the year before Census or has a limiting long term illness. Housing: The household's accommodation is either overcrowded (occupancy indicator is -1 or less); OR is in a shared dwelling OR does not have sole use of bath/shower and toilet OR has no central heating.

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