Census Data

Wakefield: Occupancy rating for bedrooms

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000971

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Key Facts

All Residents 99,615
Male 49,834
Female 49,762
Households 42,256

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Wakefield. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets052
Issued2023-01-06
Unit of MeasureHousehold
Number of Response Options6

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify households in England and Wales by occupancy rating based on the number of bedrooms in the household. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Whether a household's accommodation is overcrowded, ideally occupied or under-occupied. This is calculated by comparing the number of bedrooms the household requires to the number of available bedrooms.

The number of bedrooms the household requires is calculated according to the Bedroom Standard, where the following should have their own bedroom:

1. married or cohabiting couple
2. single parent
3. person aged 16 years and over
4. pair of same-sex persons aged 10 to 15 years
5. person aged 10 to 15 years paired with a person under 10 years of the same sex
6. pair of children aged under 10 years, regardless of their sex
7. person aged under 16 years who cannot share a bedroom with someone in 4, 5 or 6 above

An occupancy rating of:

* -1 or less implies that a household’s accommodation has fewer bedrooms than required (overcrowded)
* +1 or more implies that a household’s accommodation has more bedrooms than required (under-occupied)
* 0 suggests that a household’s accommodation has an ideal number of bedrooms

More information at the ONS website

Occupancy rating for bedrooms: Total: All households 42,280
Occupancy rating of bedrooms: +2 or more 14,799
Occupancy rating of bedrooms: +1 15,318
Occupancy rating of bedrooms: 0 10,613
Occupancy rating of bedrooms: -1 1,314
Occupancy rating of bedrooms: -2 or less 236

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Wakefield. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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