Time Since Last Worked from the 2001 Census of England and Wales

Census data from 2001 measuring the time since individuals were last in employment across England and Wales. The dataset is published by the Office for National Statistics via Neighbourhood Statistics and is available at multiple geographic levels, from Output Areas to national aggregates. It provides a snapshot of employment history and economic inactivity for the population of England and Wales in 2001.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional patterns of long-term unemployment based on geographic coverage at multiple administrative levels.
• Model economic inactivity and workforce attachment based on time-since-employment data.
• Benchmark local labor market conditions using granular data available at the Output Area (OA) level.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative 2001 Census, providing a complete population snapshot.
• Geographic coverage includes England and Wales with data aggregated at five distinct geographic levels.
• License is clearly stated as OGL-UK-3.0, facilitating open use.

Limitations

• Data is from a single point in time (2001) and is not current.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Survey (census)

Time Range

2001

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:55.443733; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales