Census 2021: Disability
Below you will find disability statistics from Census 2011 and 2021 for Wales and for local authority areas.
Disability at local authority and MSOA level
ONS has issued a useful interactive maps where you can check numbers and proportions of diverse groups by Local Authority areas and smaller areas called MSOA’s. The map is a useful tool and you can use it below.
Disability in Wales
In 2021, 22% of people reported being disabled under the Equality Act 2010 (compared to 23% in 2011)
Data source: Census 2011 and 2021
Disability breakdown in Wales
Census questions ask respondents whether their day-to-day activities were limited a little or a lot in connection with disability. There were no major changes in how disability is broken down between 2011 and 2021.
Data source: Census 2011 and 2021Where can I find and analyse the Census 2021 data?
If you want to analyse the data yourself, use Census website or the ‘query data’ function on Nomis website.
How can I use this data?
If you are interested in finding out more about how this data can be used as part of your organisation’s equality monitoring or customer profiling:
- Check out our equality monitoring resource page
- Book our training on equality monitoring and/or equality impact assessments
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