Scottish Census migration data released as part of European Commission Census Regulation Stats

Census statistics appeared today on Eurostat census hub. This draws census statistics together statistics in a common format, and releases them down to NUTS3 regions.

https://ec.europa.eu/CensusHub2/query.do?step=selectHyperCube&qhc=false&countrycode=en-gb

There is also a release on the ONS website which includes 12 reference tables

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/european-commission-census-regulation-statistics/index.html

This release includes a table of migration (based on change of address since year prior to Census).  The following charts illustrate some of the patterns in this data for Scotland.

The areas where the highest percentage of residents have changed address include the cities of Edinburgh, Glsgow, and Aberdeen City - all areas with universities which attract migrants.

There is a very distinctive pattern of migration which results in a high percentage of people to have changed address for age groups 20-24 and 25-29 years.  There is also a high rate for children before school age.  Illustrated in chart below.  

The effect of student migration can be seen by comparing the levels of change of residence between areas with different numbers of students. Edinburgh with  Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire

Census 2011 - more products on topic of ethnicity, language, religion and identity

Release 3B - Scottish Census 2011 tables 
- to be published 19th March

Details of all new tables planned
  - LC tables are produced for small areas including output areas and data zones

All the data contained in this release can be accessed through the Census Data Explorer on the Scotland’s Census website ( http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk  ).

Overview of Equality Results from the 2011 Census Release 2 
- to be published 21st March

The Scottish Government have analysed equality data from the 2011 Census Release 2 and will publish an overview paper drawing upon data from other already published sources.  It will focus primarily on ethnicity, religion and disability.


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