A. Household Form
H1. What type of accommodation does your household occupy? Check one box only.
A whole house or bungalow that is:
[] 1 Detached
[] 2 Semi-detached
[] 3 Terraced (including end of terrace)
A flat or apartment (including duplexes) that is self-contained:
[] 4 In a purpose-built block
[] 5 As part of a converted house or commercial building
A bed-sit:
[] 6 Bed-sit (with some shared facilities - e.g., toilet)
A mobile or temporary structure:
[] 7 A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure
2.1 Definitions
2.1.2 Private household
A private household comprises either one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address with common housekeeping arrangements - that is, sharing at least one meal a day or sharing a living room or sitting room. Some examples will help explain this concept.
Private household example [Number of separate household is one.]
A person living alone.
Note: If the person is absent on census night use procedures for absent households (Form E).
A single parent living together with his/her children. All present on census night.
Note: All household members present on census night should be entered on List 1, page 3 of the Household Form.
A husband and wife (or couple) living together with their children, who all share a living room and usually take at least one meal a day together. All present on census night.
All household members present on census night should be entered on List 1, page 3 of the Household Form.
A husband and wife (or couple) living together with their children. The household has an Italian student on an exchange programme staying with them on census night. Their daughter is in Trentino staying with the Italian student's family on census night.
Note: Only household members actually present on census night should be listed on List 1, page 3 of the Household Form. The Italian student should also be entered on List 1 as she is present in the household on census night.
The daughter away in Trentino should be entered on List 2, page 3 of the Household Form as she is absent from the household on census night.
A group of unrelated students sharing an apartment. Each has their own bedroom and all share a living room and kitchen.
Note: All students are included in one Household Form.
A husband and wife living with their married daughter and her husband and child. They live in a semi-detached house.
Note: All household members present on census night should be entered on List 1, page 3 of the Household Form.
[p.5]Four nurses who are unrelated. All share a living room, but only three of the nurses usually take at least one meal a day together.
[This is considered as] One household. They all share a living room.
Note: All the nurses are included on the same Household Form.
Situation 11 - Vacant accommodation
You may come across some vacant accommodation in your EA.
Types of vacant accommodation can include:
- New accommodation, ready for occupation but not yet occupied.
- Accommodation in the course of conversion, improvement, renovation or decoration and not occupied at the time of the census, X Vacant House or X Vacant Flat in your ERB.
- Existing accommodation clearly without furniture or which you have been reliably informed is not occupied; for example awaiting new occupants, X Vacant House in your ERB.
- Holiday homes vacant at the time of the census, X Holiday Home in your ERB.
- If you come across this type of accommodation:
- Assign a D No., mark it on the map and make an entry in your ERB.
- Record the date you called.
- X Vacant House or X Vacant Flat in the appropriate dwelling status (see section 4.4 dwelling status for more detail).
- Try to confirm that the dwelling is in fact vacant when you call to the next building on your route.
- Call again shortly after the census to reconfirm that the dwelling is vacant. Remember to write the date of this confirmation call in your ERB.
- Before you decide that a particular dwelling is vacant it is important that you verify that this is indeed the case. It is possible that certain persons will refuse to co-operate by not answering the door, even after you have called several times at various times of the day. It is not sufficient in such cases to assume that a dwelling is vacant. In all cases where you do believe a dwelling to be vacant it is necessary to seek some verification of this by speaking with a neighbour. Try to determine why the dwelling is vacant and note this in your ERB. If there is a For Sale sign up or there are builders or decorators visible this may be enough to determine the status of the vacancy. If the dwelling is in a rural area and you suspect it may be used as a holiday home try to confirm this by speaking with a neighbour, and mark it as such on the ERB by placing an X in the Holiday Home box (there is a separate box for 'Holiday Home'). In cases where you cannot determine whether a dwelling is vacant or not and can get no help from a neighbour, for example, in newly built modern apartment blocks, you must discuss the matter with your supervisor who will progress the matter further. It is not sufficient to mark a dwelling as vacant in your ERB without noting the reason and source of your information.