Health and economic activity data from Census 2001, 2011, 2021

FOI reference: FOI-2025-3278

You asked

The data I’d like to request:

• Any data pertaining to question 11 on the 2001 census on health, specifically: ‘Over the last twelve months would you say your health has on the whole been: Good? Fairly good? Not good?’
• Any data pertaining to question 13 on the 2011 census on health, specifically: 'How is your health in general? Very good, Good, Fair, Bad, Very Bad’
• Any data pertaining to question 22 on the 2001 census on general status, specifically: ‘Last week, were you any of the following? Retried, Student, Looking after home/family, Permanently sick/disabled, None of the above’
• Any data pertaining to question 30 on the 2011 census on general status, specifically: ‘Last week, were you: retired (whether receiving a pension or not)?, a student? Looking after home or family?, long-term sick or disabled?, other’
• Any data pertaining to question 30 on the 2001 census on business of employer, specifically: ‘What is (was) the business of your employer at the place where you work (worked)?’
• Any data pertaining to question 37 on the 2011 census on business of employer, specifically: ‘At your workplace, what is (was) the main activity of your employer or business?’

For the request on business of employer any data that specifically relates to the listed example options or a list of jobs broken down into categories as specifically as possible would be great e.g. separating data from primary and secondary education as opposed to just being employed in ‘education’, or separating the types of retail employment.

We said

Thank you for your request.

As requested, please find the relevant census datasets from 2001, 2011, and 2021 in the associated downloads. These have been grouped by topic for ease of reference.  

Economic Activity – please see download ‘2001, 2011, 2021 - Economic Activity’ which contains: 

• 2001 Census: KS009a – Economic Activity 

• 2011 Census: KS601UK – Economic Activity 

• 2021 Census: TS066 – Economic Activity Status 

General Health – please see download ‘2001, 2011, 2021 - General Health’ which contains: 

• 2001 Census: UV020 – General Health 

• 2011 Census: QS302EW – General Health 

• 2021 Census: TS037 – General Health 

Occupation by Industry – please see individual downloads: 

• 2001 Census: Table C0417 – Occupation (4-digit SOC) by Industry (3-digit SIC) 

• 2011 Census: Table CT0144 – Occupation (full) by Industry (full) (National) 

• 2021 Census: Table CT21_0434 – Occupation (4 digits) by Industry (3 digits) 

For any queries regarding census data, please contact census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk.