The changing residential patterns of the UK, 1991-2001 Dr Dan Vickers School of Geography University of Leeds

Background PhD Research created the National Area classification of Output Areas Classifies the smallest areal units from the 2001 Census in to groups of socio-economic similarity Based on the attributes of 41 census variables http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/methodology_by_theme/area_classification/oa/default.asp Or http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/d.vickers/OAclassinfo.html

1: Blue Collar Communities 2: City Living 3: Countryside 4: Prospering Suburbs 5: Constrained by Circumstances 6: Typical Traits 7: Multicultural

1: Blue Collar Communities 2: City Living 3: Countryside 4: Prospering Suburbs 5: Constrained by Circumstances 6: Typical Traits 7: Multicultural

Release and dissemination of the Classification Classification released on the 29th July via National Statistics Online Also available via my homepage 708 downloads in first five months from National Statistics Online 222 CDs ordered from National Statistic (but most of them by me) have a pile in my office if anyone wants one

Where to now? The classification gives a snap shot of the country in 2001 However, we do not know how the patterns seen in the classification have changed over time Are certain groups more or less prevalent now than they were before? Have the general patterns of the groups changed over time?

Fellowship Plan Along with publication relating from my PhD Developing future research proposals Create a pseudo classification using 1991 Census data. Compare the pseudo classification with an altered version of the published 2001 classification

Questions to be answered Has there been any change in the proportions of each of the social groups over the period? Has the geography of these groups changed or stayed relatively stable over the period? Which areas have changed the most and why?

Technical issues Coping with the difference in output geography between the 1991 and 2001 Censuses Allowing for the different variable definitions between the two censuses Students enumerated in different places Unpaid care (new variable) Some variables only 10% sample in 1991 No ethnicity variables in 1991 Northern Ireland Census

Looking forward to future research Extending the classification, firstly backwards to include data from the 1971 & 1981 Censuses. Then into the future to include 2011 data Mapping the life course through area classification. Drawing on the work of John Rex and techniques used in a consultation exercise used within my PhD. The classification can be used to map peoples lives through time as they move from one type of area to another as they enter different phases of their lives.

Thank you Email: geodwv@leeds.ac.uk http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/methodology_by_theme/area_classification/oa/default.asp Or http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/d.vickers/OAclassinfo.html