Distance travelled to work

England

Wales

gethttps://crystalroof.co.uk/customer-api/work-and-travel/distance-travelled-to-work/postcode/v1/{location}

Description

This method returns Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents aged 16 years and over in employment the week before the census by the distance they travelled to work.

Distance travelled to work is the distance, in kilometres, between a person's residential postcode and their workplace postcode measured in a straight line. A distance travelled of 0.1km indicates that the workplace postcode is the same as the residential postcode. Distances over 1200km are treated as invalid, and an imputed or estimated value is added.

"Work mainly at or from home" is made up of those that ticked either the 'Mainly work at or from home' box for the address of workplace question, or the "Work mainly at or from home" box for the method of travel to work question.

"Other" includes no fixed place of work, working on an offshore installation and working outside of the UK.

Distance is calculated as the straight line distance between the enumeration postcode and the workplace postcode.

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

Parameters

Name	Description
location path string	Postcode, coordinates in the lat,long format or UPRN in the uprn12345678 format. Examples Postcode with or without space. This argument is case-insensitive. Value
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 25-40 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. Value
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. Value

Request URL:

https://crystalroof.co.uk/customer-api/work-and-travel/distance-travelled-to-work/postcode/v1/W60WW?api_key=DEMO

Possible responses with examples

Code

Description

200

Success

{
  "data": {
    "residents": {
      "Total": 98,
      "Less than 2km": 8,
      "2km to less than 5km": 16,
      "5km to less than 10km": 14,
      "10km to less than 20km": 7,
      "20km to less than 30km": 0,
      "30km to less than 40km": 0,
      "40km to less than 60km": 0,
      "60km and over": 3,
      "Works mainly from home": 40,
      "Works mainly at an offshore installation, in no fixed place, or outside the UK": 10
    },
    "rank": {
      "Less than 2km": 3,
      "2km to less than 5km": 5,
      "5km to less than 10km": 5,
      "10km to less than 20km": 3,
      "20km to less than 30km": 1,
      "30km to less than 40km": 1,
      "40km to less than 60km": 1,
      "60km and over": 5,
      "Works mainly from home": 6,
      "Works mainly at an offshore installation, in no fixed place, or outside the UK": 3
    }
  },
  "dataDate": "2021-03-21",
  "refreshedDate": "2021-03-21"
}

401

Unauthorized

{
  "error": "No such API key or it is not valid anymore."
}

402

Payment Required

{
  "error": "You have exhausted the available calls provided by your package."
}

403

Forbidden

{
  "error": "API key is invalid for the given action."
}

404

Not Found

{
  "error": "Can't find such location."
}

429

Too Many Requests

{
  "error": "Too many requests have been sent in one second."
}

500

Internal Server Error

{
  "error": "We have already started working on a resolution!"
}