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A 1% sample of individual records from Census 2021 with no identifying information and available to all for teaching of statistics and social sciences. This public microdata sample is also available from the UK Data Service (UKDS) without the requirement to register under the guidelines of the Open Government Licence.

Our safeguarded microdata samples were made available on the UK Data Service (UKDS) in October 2023. Only data analysts registered with the UKDS can access them under the terms and conditions of the UK Data Service End User Licence (PDF, 216KB).

Our secure microdata samples will soon be available through the Integrated Data Service only to accredited researchers.

Data

• Public microdata teaching sample, England and Wales: Census 2021

  A 1% sample of individual records from Census 2021 with no identifying information and available to all for teaching of statistics and social sciences.

• Microdata sample codes: Census 2021

  Table showing all variables, classifications and codes included within the Census 2021 microdata samples. This covers the secure, safeguarded and public samples.

• Comparing microdata samples with Census 2021

  Tables showing comparability of Census 2021 microdata samples with Census 2021. Category proportions for selected univariate and multivariate datasets from the microdata sample and the Census 2021 have been compared.

Methodology

• Canllaw defnyddiwr i samplau microdata Cyfrifiad 2021, Cymru a Lloegr

  Gwybodaeth ategol ar gyfer samplau microdata o Gyfrifiad 2021 yng Nghymru a Lloegr, gan gynnwys sut i gael gafael ar samplau microdata cyhoeddus, wedi'u diogelu, Cyfres Microdata Defnydd Cyhoeddus Integredig (IPUMS) a diogel, a sut i'w defnyddio.

Manylion cyswllt

Ynglŷn â'r data

Mae'r datganiad hwn yn cynnwys data o Gyfrifiad 2021.

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

• meet user needs
• are presented clearly and accessibly
• are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
• are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest

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