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EDC Serial Number EDC0000047
Title UK Household and Population
Data Location https://data.ukedc.rl.ac.uk/browse/edc/other/demographics/UK
EDC Stored Dataset
Description Historic and projected UK household and population numbers in thousands
DOI (none given)
Sector Other
Coverage United Kingdom
Start: 01/01/1970
End: 31/12/2020
Usage Rights for this Data Open Access
This data may be freely used for any purpose
Data Type Parameter
Parameter Names Year; Population (thousands); Households (thousands); Persons/household
Units 50 x Yes
Number of Records 50
IEA Category Demographics
Creator of the Data DEFRA Market Transformation Programme
Data made available by Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) (now superseded by DCLG)
Format text/csv
Language English
Project UK Social Data
Related Datasets See all related datasets
Other Information Three datasets:
UK_households.csv Number of households per year in thousands
UK_population.csv UK population in thousands
UK_population_households.xls Both combined plus calculated number of persons per household
Data developed by the Defra MTP from ODPM (now DCLG) figures, interpolated between 1991 and 2001 to account for 2001 Census data. Population projections in the period 2003 to 2021 have been linearly interpolated from five-years interval projections by UK government. For further information see BNXS25 UK household and population figures, 1970-2020, Version 2.1 (updated 12/1/2007)