2: Explore Census data (using an interactive map).

What percentage of households do not have a car and how does it vary across the country?

In this activity, you will use an interactive map created by the ONS using data from the 2021 UK Census data. The aim of the activity is to get familiar with census data and how it can be visualised geographically.

Task

The map below shows data from the census about Cars or Vans owned or available for use by a household.

• In Nottingham, what percentage of households have no car or van?

• How does it vary across the city?

• Press the - on the map to zoom out, how does it vary across countries.

The map shows how census data can be aggregated and visualised at different geographical levels. In what created by the ONS as a tool for exploring data.

• Visit Census Maps to explore other data from the census.

• You access the underlying data from the UK Data Service.