Count of Traveller Caravans in England, Bi-Annual Official Statistics

England's bi-annual Count of Traveller Caravans records the number of caravans on both authorised and unauthorised sites. The dataset is produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and was last updated on 2026-07 08. It was known as the 'Count of Gypsy and Traveller Caravans' before July 2013.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in authorised caravan site provision over time based on the bi-annual count.
• Assess the scale of caravans on unauthorised sites for local authority planning.
• Monitor changes in Traveller caravan numbers following policy changes.
• Compare regional differences in caravan counts across England.

Strengths

• Data is collected bi-annually, providing regular temporal snapshots.
• Covers both authorised and unauthorised sites across England.
• Produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government as Official Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the collection method.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Bi-annual count conducted by government agencies.

Time Range

Time series data; historical data available from before July 2013 under a previous title.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:16.180478; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England