An article set out the main aims for the 2007 Census test, and described the design and location of the sampled areas and the basis for their selection.
Source: Pete Benton, Elizabeth McLaren, Sarah Walker and Ian White, 'The 2007 Census test: a major step towards the 2011 Census', Population Trends 126, Winter 2006, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2006-Dec
An article outlined the main features of the population of England and Wales in 2005. The population reached 53.4 million in mid-2005, a growth of over 0.6 per cent on the previous year. There were 640,000 live births in 2004 - 3 per cent more than in 2003, and 7 per cent more than in 2002. 513,000 deaths occurred in 2004, nearly 26,000 fewer than in 2003. Net international migration from outside the United Kingdom increased by 75,000 to 217,000 in 2004 from 2003. The number of marriages rose for the fourth year running.
Source: Karen Gask, 'Population review of 2004 and 2005: England and Wales', Population Trends 126, Winter 2006, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2006-Dec
The number of households in England in mid-2004 was estimated to be 21,062,000, a rise of 0.8 per cent compared with mid-2003.
Source: Mid Year Household Estimates for England: 2004, Department for Communities and Local Government (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report
Date: 2006-Oct
An article described the strategy that was used to adjust results of the 2001 Census of England and Wales for under-enumeration.
Source: James Brown, Owen Abbott and Ian Diamond, 'Dependence in the 2001 one-number census project', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Volume 169 Issue 4
Links: Article
Date: 2006-Oct
A report examined why new official projections for the numbers of households in England in 2021 were so much higher than previous figures; and whether the new forecasts were believable.
Source: Alan Holmans with Christine Whitehead, More Households to be Housed: Where is the increase coming from?, Town and Country Planning Association (020 7930 8903)
Links: Summary | TCPA press release
Date: 2006-Oct
An article described the socio-economic characteristics of working-age people in the United Kingdom in 2005, based on the National Statistics socio-economic classification. Nearly a quarter (22 per cent) of working-age people worked in lower managerial and professional occupations (for example, school teachers, nurses, journalists); and the next largest category (13 per cent) worked in semi-routine occupations (for example, shop assistants, call centre workers, care assistants). Nearly one-fifth (18 per cent) had no occupation-based class because they had never worked, were long-term unemployed, or were full-time students.
Source: Caroline Hall, 'A picture of the United Kingdom using the National Statistics socio-economic classification', Population Trends 125, Autumn 2006, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article | ONS press release
Date: 2006-Sep
The population of the United Kingdom in June 2005 was estimated at 60.2 million. This was a rise of 0.6 per cent, or 375,000 people, compared with a year earlier. The figure was the highest since the level of the early 1960s. Of the increase, 235,000 was due to net immigration.
Source: Press release 24 August 2006, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: ONS press release | Guardian report
Date: 2006-Aug
An article presented a profile of the comparative economic, social, and demographic characteristics of people from minority ethnic groups living in England and Wales, mainly using data from the 2001 Census.
Source: David Owen, 'Demographic profiles and social cohesion of minority ethnic communities in England and Wales', Community, Work & Family, Volume 9 Number 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2006-Aug
An official report summarized population trends in Scotland.
Source: Scotland s Population 2005, General Register Office for Scotland (0131 314 4243)
Links: Report | Tables | GROS press release | SE press release
Date: 2006-Jul
A report contained the results of the Government Actuary's 2004-based population projections for the United Kingdom and constituent countries, and explained the methodology and assumptions used. Projection results were available by age and sex, up to 2074.
Source: National Population Projections 2004-based, Series PP2 25, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Summary
Date: 2006-Jul
An article presented new data for the Muslim population of Britain from the 2001 Census. Taken as a whole, the Muslim population was young and rapidly growing; its socio-economic profile was depressed, marked by the exceptionally low participation rate of women in the formal labour market, and by high concentration in areas of multiple deprivation.
Source: Ceri Peach, 'Muslims in the 2001 Census of England and Wales: gender and economic disadvantage', Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 29 Number 4
Links: Abstract
Date: 2006-Jul
An article described, and provided some initial analysis of, the experimental population estimates by ethnic group for areas within England published by the Office for National Statistics in January 2006.
Source: Pete Large and Kanak Ghosh, 'Estimates of the population by ethnic group for areas within England', Population Trends 124, Summer 2006, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2006-Jun
An article said that, in an increasingly complex and mobile society, there was a need for population estimates to be produced on a more flexible basis. Different uses of population data might require information to be produced on different population bases, such as where people usually lived ( usual residence ) or where they were on a particular day ( population present ). The article explored many of the issues associated with defining the population .
Source: Chris Smith and Julie Jefferies, 'Population bases and statistical provision: towards a more flexible future?', Population Trends 124, Summer 2006, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2006-Jun
A report said that between 2004 and 2024 the number of households in Scotland was projected to increase by 13 per cent to 2.5 million - an average of 14,800 additional households per year.
Source: Household Projections for Scotland, 2004-Based, General Register Office for Scotland (0131 314 4243)
Links: Report | SE press release
Date: 2006-May
The government dropped plans for a 'citizen information project', which would have created a record of every person's name, address, date of birth, and sex, together with a personal identifying number, and which could be shared across the public sector. The government said this would instead be done through the national identity card scheme, on the basis that the scheme would eventually become compulsory.
Source: House of Commons Hansard, Written Ministerial Statement 18 April 2006, columns 1WS, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Hansard | Guardian report
Date: 2006-Apr
The estimated population of Scotland on 30 June 2005 was 5,094,800, a rise of 16,400 on the previous year and an increase of 30,600 since mid-2001.
Source: Mid-2005 Population Estimates Scotland, General Register Office for Scotland, TSO (0870 606 5566)
Links: Report
Date: 2006-Apr
An article described the methodology used to produce experimental estimates of the population of England, and its local authority districts, by ethnic group.
Source: Pete Large and Kanak Ghosh, 'A methodology for estimating the population by ethnic group for areas within England', Population Trends 123, Spring 2006, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2006-Mar
The government said that the number of households in England was expected to rise from 20.9 million in 2003 to 25.7 million by 2026, an annual increase of 209,000, of which 150,000 would be due to a higher number of single people living alone. It raised projections made in 2002 by about 10 per cent.
Source: Press release 14 March 2006, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (020 7944 3000)
Links: ODPM press release | Statistical press release | OPT press release | Guardian report
Date: 2006-Mar
A think-tank report said that urgent action was needed to safeguard Britain s demographic future, faced with trends in migration, fertility and longevity - and the consequent risks of rising levels of inequality and poverty, and damage to the economy. It outlined a political strategy that would enable the government to take an effective lead in responding to demographic change.
Source: Mike Dixon and Julia Margo, Population Politics, Institute for Public Policy Research, available from Central Books (0845 458 9911)
Links: Summary
Date: 2006-Feb