Transcript Developments in household information in Scotland.

BSPS Conference 2009:
Developments in household
information in Scotland
Martin Macfie, General Register
Office for Scotland
11 September 2009
General Register Office
for
SCOTLAND
information about Scotland's people
Outline of presentation
1. Statistics we currently publish
2. Reasons for investigating
alternative sources of household
statistics
3. Electoral Register
4. Corporate Address Gazetteers
(CAGs)
5. National Gazetteer for Scotland
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for
SCOTLAND
information about Scotland's people
Statistics currently published
Estimates of Households and
Dwellings
• A combined publication- contains local
authority (LA) and small-area statistics on
households and dwellings
• What are dwellings and households?
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for
SCOTLAND
information about Scotland's people
Dwellings
Based on Assessors’ Portal (equivalent to the
Valuation Office Agency in England and Wales)
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Numbers of dwellings
Dwelling density per hectare
Council Tax Bands
Type of Dwelling (e.g. flats)
Number of Rooms
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SCOTLAND
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Household Estimates
Based on Council Tax Systems
• Occupied Dwellings
• Vacant Dwellings
• Second Homes
• Single Adult Discounts
• “Occupied Exemptions” (e.g. all student
households, armed forces accommodation)
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SCOTLAND
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Reasons for investigating alternative
sources of household statistics
• Currently, we base most of our statistics on
Council Tax records
• Council Tax could be abolished after next
Scottish Parliament election (2011) - we will
lose most of our household data
• Also as an alternative to Census
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Two main approaches to
producing household statistics
• Population data – find a source of data on all
people in the country, along with their address
or Unique Property Reference Number
(UPRN) – e.g. Electoral Register
• Housing data - find a source of information
on all dwellings – e.g. Corporate Address
Gazetteer
(Households ≈ All dwellings – (vacant
dwellings + Second homes))
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SCOTLAND
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Investigations of the Electoral
Register
• Adults aged 18+ registered to vote in election
with their home address
• Address ≈ Household
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Proportions of the numbers of households
on the Electoral Register to Occupied
dwellings, by Urban-rural classification
1.00
0.98
0.96
0.94
0.92
0.90
0.88
0.86
0.84
0.82
0.80
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Large urban
areas
Other urban
areas
Accessiblefor
Remote small
SCOTLAND
small
towns
towns
information about Scotland's people
Accessible rural
areas
Remote rural
areas
Proportions of the numbers of households on the
Electoral Register to Occupied dwellings, by
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) decile
1.00
0.98
0.96
Less deprived
areas
More deprived
areas
0.94
0.92
0.90
0.88
0.86
0.84
0.82
0.80
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S C O Tdecile
L A N D (2006)
SIMD
information about Scotland's people
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Households on the Electoral Register as a
proportion of the number of occupied dwellings in
Edinburgh, 2007
Less than 0.90
0.90 - 0.95
0.96 - 1.00
B
1.01 - 1.05
Greater than 1.05
D
C
A
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Corporate Address Gazetteers
(CAGs)
• Intended to be a combination of all different
address lists that each local authority holds.
• Contains information on residential properties
• Received CAG directly from City of Edinburgh
Council
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Addresses on the CAG as a proportion of all
dwellings in Edinburgh, 2009
Less than 0.95
0.95 to 0.99
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1.01 to 1.05
Greater than 1.05
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C
B
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National Gazetteer for Scotland
• Consists of a Corporate Address Gazetteer
(CAG) from each LA
• Still doesn’t contain information on residential
properties yet
• We can access data for most LAs
• Data quality improving all the time
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SCOTLAND
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Summary of alternative sources of
household statistics
ELECTORAL REGISTER
• Info on occupied dwellings, but missing data
in most neighbourhoods
CORPORATE ADDRESS GAZETTEER
• Better coverage of residential properties, no
info at the moment on occupied and vacant
dwellings
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Any questions?
• We would welcome any comments or
suggestions- please contact Martin at
[email protected]
Telephone: (0131) 314 4359
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for
SCOTLAND
information about Scotland's people