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Wealth and Assets Survey - Great Britain

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
Office for National Statistics, released 30 June 2025, ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue, dataset, Wealth and Assets Survey - Great Britain, https://doi.org/10.57906/jj2j-zw28

Documentation

Description:
Launched in 2006 as a biennial longitudinal survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the survey measures the well-being of households and individuals in terms of their assets, savings, debt and planning for retirement. To date micro data from Wave 1 (July 2006-June 2008) to Round 8 (April 2020-March 2022) has been released. The data contains detailed information on respondents’ (aged 16+) wealth and debts, as well as a range of socio-demographic information about their circumstances, e.g. age, gender, ethnicity, tenure etc. Wave 1 data includes about 30,000 responding households. Round 8 data includes approximately 15,100 households.

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial Coverage:
  • England
  • Wales
  • Scotland
  • Great Britain
Geographical Levels:
  • Census urban rural indicator 2011
  • country
  • LEA
  • lsoa11
  • oa11
  • region

Temporal

Start Date:
01 July 2006
Latest Data:
31 March 2022
Frequency:
BIENNIAL
Distribution Release Date:
30 June 2025

Provenance

Source:
Survey

Access and Governance

Usage

Condition of Access:
Standard access conditions for the use of data in the SRS
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-EAW
  • GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics
Access Level:
Access Level 3

Format and Standards

Languages:
en
Formats:
SPSS