Mnemonic: second_address_type_priority
Applicability: Person
Type: Derived variable
Definition
Indicates whether a person has an alternative address (somewhere they stay for more than 30 days per year) and the type of second address this is.
Classification
Total number of categories: 10
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Armed forces base address |
| 2 | Another address when working away from home |
| 3 | Holiday home |
| 4 | Student's term-time address |
| 5 | Student's home address |
| 6 | Another parent or guardian's address |
| 7 | Partner's address |
| 8 | Other |
| 9 | Second address type not specified |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Students and schoolchildren living away during term-time, and people who do not have a second address.
View all second address type classifications.
Quality information
The true number of people recording a second address as “armed forces base address” is likely to be higher than the estimate because of instructions given to armed forces personnel. Be aware of this when using these data.
Read more in our housing quality information for Census 2021 methodology.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Broadly comparable
We have added two categories, “Partner’s address” and “Second address type not specified”.
What does broadly comparable mean?
A variable that is broadly comparable means that it can be generally compared with the same variable used in the 2011 Census. However, changes may have been made to the question or options that people could choose from or how write-in answers are classified.
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.
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Other datasets that use this variable
- Usual residents with a second address in a local authority, who are usually resident elsewhere, by sex, age and second address type
- Usual residents in a local authority with a second address elsewhere, by sex, age and second address type
- Usual residents with a second address in a region, who are usually resident elsewhere, by sex, age and second address type
- Usual residents in a region with a second address elsewhere, by sex, age and second address type
- Second address population by whether they are a dependent child by type of second address
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type (lower tier local authorities)
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type (upper tier local authorities)
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by sex by age
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by tenure (lower tier local authorities)
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by tenure (Output Areas)
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by tenure (upper tier local authorities)
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by family status
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by ethnic group
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by passport held
- Location of usual residence and second address by second address type by economic activity