Car or van availability

England
Wales
gethttps://crystalroof.co.uk/customer-api/housing/car-or-van-availability/postcode/v1/{location}

Description

This method returns Census 2021 estimates on the number of cars or vans available to members of households.

Number of cars or vans is the number of cars or vans owned or available for use by household members.

Vehicles included:

  • pick-ups, camper vans and motor homes
  • vehicles that are temporarily not working
  • vehicles that have failed their MOT
  • vehicles owned or used by a lodger
  • company cars or vans if they're available for private use

Vehicles not included:

  • motorbikes, trikes, quad bikes or mobility scooters
  • vehicles that have a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)
  • vehicles owned or used only by a visitor
  • vehicles that are kept at another address or not easily accessed

The number of cars or vans in an area relates only to households. Cars or vans used by communal establishment residents are not counted.

Households with 10 to 20 cars or vans are counted as having only 10.

Households with more than 20 cars or vans were treated as invalid and a value imputed.

Number of cars or vans is split into 5 categories including total.

The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Parameters

NameDescription
location
path
string
Postcode, coordinates in the lat,long format or UPRN in the uprn12345678 format.
area_type
query
enum

Area types used in Census 2021. The method returns results based on the inclusion of the postcode/coordinate/UPRN within the designated geographical area. For instance, when using 'oa' as a parameter, the returned results will be for the Output Area that contains the specified postcode/coordinate/UPRN.

  • oa - Output area (OA), the smallest geographical area used in the census, comprises 40-25 households and a population of 100-625 persons.
  • lsoa - Lower layer Super Output Area (LSOA), a small geographical area used in the census, comprises 400-1200 households and a population of 1000-3000 persons. Lower layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) are made up of groups of OAs, usually four or five.
  • msoa - Middle layer Super Output Area (MSOA), a small geographical area used in the census, comprises 2,000-6,000 households and a population of 5,000 and 15,000 persons. MSOAs are made up of groups of LSOAs, usually four or five. MSOAs fit within local authorities.
  • lad - Local Authority District. There are a total of 296 districts in England made up of 36 metropolitan boroughs, 32 London boroughs, 164 two-tier non-metropolitan districts and 62 unitary authorities, City of London district and Isles of Scilly district. In Wales, there are 22 local authorities, which are named principal areas..
  • region - nine regions of England (London, the North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West Midlands, South East, East of England and the South West) and Wales as a whole.
  • country - constituent countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
api_key
query
enum

Your API key.

DEMO key allows you to test the method in the W6 0 postcode sector, or in the [[51.492, -0.25], [51.502, -0.225]] rectangle.

Request URL:
https://crystalroof.co.uk/customer-api/housing/car-or-van-availability/postcode/v1/{location}?api_key=DEMO
Possible responses with examples
Code
Description
200
Success
401
Unauthorized
402
Payment Required
403
Forbidden
429
Too Many Requests
500
Internal Server Error