Mnemonic: age_arrival_uk
Applicability: Person
Type: Derived variable
Definition
The date a person last arrived to live in the UK and their age. Arrival dates do not include returning from short trips away from the UK.
Age of arrival only applies to usual residents not born in the UK. It does not include usual residents born in the UK who have emigrated and since returned. These are recorded in the category “born in the UK”.
Classification
Total number of categories: 18
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Born in the UK |
| 2 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 0 to 4 years |
| 3 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 5 to 7 years |
| 4 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 8 to 9 years |
| 5 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 10 to 14 years |
| 6 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 15 years |
| 7 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 16 to 17 years |
| 8 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 18 to 19 years |
| 9 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 20 to 24 years |
| 10 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 25 to 29 years |
| 11 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 30 to 44 years |
| 12 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 45 to 59 years |
| 13 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 60 to 64 years |
| 14 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 65 to 74 years |
| 15 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 75 to 84 years |
| 16 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 85 to 89 years |
| 17 | Arrived in the UK: Aged 90 years and over |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Students and schoolchildren living away during term-time.
View all age of arrival in the UK classifications.
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
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