South West Observatory - Migration
The Census is the most detailed source of information on migrants and migration patterns. This page provides links to all datasets that are available on the web. All published tables are available for all geographies on CD from Census Customer Services.
Key Statistics and univariate tables provide a simple count of migrants. These sources provide data for output areas upwards.
- Migration; table layouts; data (output area to national); data (local authority to national); more info
- Migration (people); table layouts; data (output area to national); more info
- Migration (households); table layouts; data (output area to national); more info
Standard tables provide more detailed information by comparing migration with one or more other census variables. The standard tables are available for local authority areas upwards. Less detailed versions of these tables are available for output areas and wards through Census Area Statistics.
Standard tables: table layouts; more info
Census Area Statistics: table layouts; more info
- Resident type and sex and age by migration; data (national)
- Age of household reference person ( HRP ) and number of dependent children by migration of households; data (national)
- Household composition by migration of households; data (national)
The themed table for migrants provides a profile of migrants by sex, age, family status, limiting long term illness and economic activity. The themed tables are particularly useful in comparing the characteristics of in-migrants, out-migrants and those that did not move house.
- Themed table on migration (people); table layouts, data (national),
The themed table for migrant households provides of profile of moving households by tenure, household composition, sex and economic status of household reference person and sex and socio-economic classification of household reference person.
- Themed table on migration (households); table layouts, data (national)
Origin and destination matrices provide a count and profile of migrant flows between areas. table layouts; more info
Data for output areas and wards is available on DVD from customer services. Local authority level data will be published during 2004.
- Age (output area to local authority)
- Moving categories of migrants and migrant groups in households (ward and local authority)
- Ethnic group (ward and local authority
- Moving categories of migrant groups in household: NS-SeC of group reference persons (ward and local authority)
- Moving categories of migrant groups in households: Tenure (ward and local authority).
- Family status of migrant (local authority only)
- Limiting long term illness (local authority only)
- Economic activity (local authority only)
- Moving categories of migrant groups in households: Sex and economic position of group reference person (local authority only)
Migration
SWO activity
An event was held on the 3 August 2004 to facilitate an exchange of information about current and planned research activity on migration and travel to work data in the South West.