Household: Rooms (Persons per Room)

Description

Identifies whether a person lives in a household by the number of persons per room, this is equal to the number of household members divided by the number of rooms in that household's accommodation. 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. The number of rooms data are modelled using information from the Land & Property Services Domestic Property List and other sources. Census 2021 did not ask a 'Number of rooms' question. There are definitional differences between Census 2011 and the modelled count produced for Census 2021. Therefore, comparisons cannot be made between Census 2021 and Census 2011.

Variable categories

Showing all 5 categories from this variable.

A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Up to and including 0.5 persons per room 1
Over 0.5 and up to and including 1.0 persons per room 2
Over 1.0 and up to and including 1.5 persons per room 3
Over 1.5 persons per room 4
No code required -8