Mnemonic: workers_transport
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable
Definition
This groups the number of people who work in a household and the different methods they use to travel to work. This classification also includes categories for people who work mainly from home.
Classification
Total number of categories: 18
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | No people in employment in household |
| 2 | One person in employment in household: Drives a car or van to work |
| 3 | One person in employment in household: Uses other methods to travel to work |
| 4 | One person in employment in household: Works from home |
| 5 | Two people in employment in household: Both drive a car or van to work |
| 6 | Two people in employment in household: Both use other methods to travel to work |
| 7 | Two people in employment in household: Both work from home |
| 8 | Two people in employment in household: One drives a car or van, one uses other method to travel to work |
| 9 | Two people in employment in household: One drives a car or van, one works from home |
| 10 | Two people in employment in household: One uses other method to travel to work, one works from home |
| 11 | Three or more people in employment in household: All drive a car or van to work |
| 12 | Three or more people in employment in household: All use other methods to travel to work |
| 13 | Three or more people in employment in household: All work from home |
| 14 | Three or more people in employment in household: Mixture of driving a car or van and using other methods to travel to work |
| 15 | Three or more people in employment in household: Mixture of driving a car or van and working from home |
| 16 | Three or more people in employment in household: Mixture of using other methods to travel to work and working from home |
| 17 | Three or more people in employment in household: Mixture of driving a car or van, using other methods to travel to work and working from home |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Households with no usual residents.
Quality information
As Census 2021 was during a unique period of rapid change, take care when using Travel to Work data for planning purposes.
Read more in our Travel to work quality information for Census 2021 methodology.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Not comparable
It is difficult to compare this variable with the 2011 Census because Census 2021 took place during a national lockdown. The government advice at the time was for people to work from home (if they can) and avoid public transport.
People who were furloughed (about 5.6 million) were advised to answer the transport to work question based on their previous travel patterns before or during the pandemic. This means that the data does not accurately represent what they were doing on Census Day. This variable cannot be directly compared with the 2011 Census Travel to Work data as it does not include people who were travelling to work on that day. It may however, be partially compared with bespoke tables from 2011.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared with a variable from the 2011 Census.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Country specific
What does country specific mean?
This variable has only been produced for Census 2021 in England and Wales.
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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