Alternative population statistics

Last updated:
9 March 2017

The population base of most of the tables from the 2011 Census in England and Wales is usual residents. However, tables are available for the following alternative populations:

Second addresses

A second address is an address where someone stayed, for part of the week or year, that was not their usual residence.

Release: Second address estimates for local authorities in England and Wales

Publication date: 22/10/2012

Release number: 1.2

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  • The number of people who spend more than 30 days a year at a second address, in a local authority where they do not usually live.

  • The number of people usually resident in each local authority, who had a second address elsewhere.

Short-term resident

A non-UK born short-term resident is defined as anyone living in England and Wales who was born outside the UK, who intended to stay in the UK for a period of between 3 and 12 months.

Release: Short-term residents for Local Authorities in England and Wales

Publication date: 26/03/2013

Release number: 2.4a

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  • Characteristics of non-UK born short-term residents living in England and Wales on 27 March 2011.

  • Note that these five tables have the AP prefix given to early alternative population tables. Later short-term resident tables have the ST prefix.

Release: Short-term resident population statistics for local authorities in England & Wales

Publication date: 31/10/2013

Release number: 5.1a

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  • Key characteristics of the non-UK born short-term resident population of England and Wales such as population size, general health, religion, ethnic group, economic activity and occupation.

  • The tables in this release provide additional information to the previously released set of five tables on the non-UK born short-term resident population of England and Wales published on 26 March 2013. Those five tables (on age, sex, country of birth, economic activity and passports held) are reproduced in this release to ensure a complete and consistent set of outputs are available on the non-UK born short-term resident population. As a result there are small differences in the classifications used in these tables in this release compared to the previously published tables.

Workplace and workday

Workplace is the population estimate for a given geography during standard working hours (taking account of the number of people who, for example, travel into a city to work). Effectively, this is a geographic redistribution of the usually resident population who are in work, allocated to their place of work.

Workday is the workplace population estimate plus those who are also usually resident in the area but not working. This base is produced for the usually resident population (those who are resident or intending to be resident in the UK for 12 months or more). To produce the workday population, all other respondents who do not have a job the week before census day are allocated to the area where they usually live, and students are allocated to their term-time address.

Release: Workday population statistics for output areas in England & Wales (part 1)

Publication date: 31/10/2013

Release number: 5.1b

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  • Information on some of the key characteristics of the workday population of England and Wales such as population size, general health, religion and ethnic group.

Release: Workplace population statistics for workplace zones and middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) in England and Wales

Publication date: 23/05/2014

Release number: 5.2a

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  • The number and characteristics of the workplace population of England and Wales.

Release: Workday population statistics for middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) and output areas in England and Wales (part 2)

Publication date: 23/05/2014

Release number: 5.2b

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  • The number and characteristics of the workday population of England and Wales.

Additional Detailed and Local Characteristics tables for England and Wales

Publication date: 09/09/2014

Release number: 4.7

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  • There are 19 other tables in this release: Detailed Characteristics, Local Characteristics, and Quick Statistics.

  • This release covers health and housing (LC and DC), method of travel to work (QS), and workplace population on usual residence location and method of travel to work.

Out of term

Publication date: 24/09/2014

Release number: 5.3

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  • There are 21 tables in total in this release - 20 tables are available for Output Areas (OA) and 1 table is available for Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) in England and Wales.

  • The tables in this release provide information on key characteristics of the out of term population of England and Wales such as language, qualifications, industry, occupation and general health.

Release: Origin-destination Statistics on Migration for Local Authorities in the United Kingdom and on Workplace for Output Areas and Workplace Zones, England and Wales

Publication date: 25 March 2015

Release number: OD.2

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  • This release provides origin-destination tables from the 2011 Censuses of the United Kingdom on the topic of migration and from the 2011 Census of England and Wales on the topic of workplace.

  • Migration tables are provided for merged local authorities in England and Wales and for local authorities in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In this geographic hierarchy, the London boroughs of Westminster and City of London have been merged, and Cornwall UA has been merged with the Isles of Scilly UA. All other London boroughs, unitary authorities and districts in England and unitary authorities in Wales remain unmerged in this hierarchy.

  • Workplace tables are provided for output areas and workplace zones in England and Wales.