Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 3 Dec 2025 | Updated: 4 days ago
Census 2022 Household Secure Microdata Sample - Scotland
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
National Records of Scotland, released 03 December 2025, ONS SRS Metadata
Catalogue, dataset, Census 2022 Household Secure Microdata Sample - Scotland,
https://doi.org/10.57906/vj0z-6255
DOI Name:
Documentation
Description:
Scotland Census 2022 covers two products: the Scotland's Census 2022 Individual
Secure Microdata Sample and the Scotland's Census 2022 Household Secure
Microdata Sample. These products are intended to be comparable to
the corresponding Scotland's Census 2011 products previously provided by
NRS.
The Household Secure Microdata Sample is a 10% sample of
households in the 2022 census output database for Scotland. The Household
file includes person-level and household-level data on around 130 variables
for 10% of households and their household members. The lowest level of
geography is Council Area. The dataset includes household spaces containing
no enumerated persons. The dataset allows linkage between individuals in the
same family and in the same household.
The samples for the two products do not overlap and cannot be
combined.
Census day for the 2022 Census was the 20th March 2022. Full information
on how the 2022 Census in Scotland was conducted is available on the
Scotland's Census website.
User guide, codebook, quality document and metadata will be made available
for these samples on the Scotland's Census website.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
Scotland
Geographical Levels:
council area
Temporal
Start Date:
20 March 2022
Latest Data:
20 March 2022
Frequency:
STATIC
Distribution Release Date:
03 December 2025
Provenance
Source:
Census
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Access needs approval
Condition of Use:
Standard conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics
Access
Access Service:
- Safe Rooms, SafePods
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
National Records of Scotland
Access Level:
Access Level 3
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV
Enrichment and Linkage
Related Datasets:
Census 2022 Individual Secure Microdata Sample - Scotland
Origin
Name:
ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue