Mnemonic: hh_language
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable
Definition
Classifies households by the combination of adults and children (aged 3 to 15 years) within a household that have English (English or Welsh in Wales) as their main language.
Classification
Total number of categories: 5
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | All adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language |
| 2 | At least one but not all adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language |
| 3 | No adults in household, but at least one person aged 3 to 15 years, has English in England or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language |
| 4 | No people in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Households with no usual residents.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from the 2011 Census. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Not comparable
This variable is not comparable as the data is not available for all countries.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.
Census 2021 data that uses this variable
We use variables from Census 2021 data to show findings in different ways.
You can:
- get the household language (English and Welsh) dataset
- view household language (English and Welsh) data on a map
- view household language (English and Welsh) data for an area on Nomis (an Office for National Statistics service)
Alternatively, you can also create a custom dataset.