Household: Accommodation Type - 5 Categories

Description

Identifies whether a person lives in a household by the type of building or structure. This could be: a whole house or bungalow (detached, semi-detached, terraced); a flat, maisonette or apartment (in a purpose built block of flats, part of a converted or shared house, in a commercial building); or a mobile or temporary structure, such as a caravan. This variable applies to all people living in households. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population living in communal establishments.

Variable categories

Showing all 5 categories from this variable.

A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Whole house or bungalow: Detached 1
Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached 2
Whole house or bungalow: Terraced (including end-terrace) 3
Flat, maisonette or apartment, a caravan or other mobile or temporary structure 4
No code required -8