Official Statistics

Census 2011: Working age UK armed forces veterans residing in England and Wales

This bulletin estimates the size and characteristics of UK armed forces veterans (16 to 64 years of age), using responses from the 2011 England and Wales Census.

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Census 2011: Working age UK armed forces veterans residing in England and Wales

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Background quality report: Census 2011: Working age UK armed forces veterans residing in England and Wales

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This statistical bulletin presents the estimates on the size and socio-demographic characteristics of the working age UK Armed Forces veteran population (between 16 and 64 years of age), using responses provided in the 2011 Census, administered across England and Wales by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The aim of this report is to present estimated summary figures on working age veterans in England and Wales on census day.

Specifically:

  • people characteristics (gender, age and ethnicity) *location (country, region, county, local authority and health authority)
  • health and disability
  • housing tenure and landlord status
  • highest education qualification obtained
  • economic activity and occupation

The MOD has published 2 reports in this series.

Comparisons between working age veterans and usual residents in terms of self-reported health, disability, housing tenure, education, economic activity and occupation are presented in the second report in this series:

Census 2011: Comparison of Working age UK Armed Forces veterans residing in England and Wales with working age usual residents

Updates to this page

Published 27 September 2018
Last updated 17 October 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated the landing page with the latest content, the documents remain the same.

  2. Revised version of the Census 2011 bulletin.

  3. First published.

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