Economic activity status

England

Wales

gethttps://crystalroof.co.uk/customer-api/work-and-travel/economic-activity-status/postcode/v1/{location}

Description

This method returns Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents aged 16 years and over by economic activity status.

People aged 16 years and over are economically active if, between 15 March and 21 March 2021, they were:

in employment (an employee or self-employed)
unemployed, but looking for work and could start within two weeks
unemployed, but waiting to start a job that had been offered and accepted

It is a measure of whether or not a person was an active participant in the labour market during this period. Economically inactive are those aged 16 years and over who did not have a job between 15 March to 21 March 2021 and had not looked for work between 22 February to 21 March 2021 or could not start work within two weeks.

The census definition differs from International Labour Organization definition used on the Labour Force Survey, so estimates are not directly comparable.

This classification splits out full-time students from those who are not full-time students when they are employed or unemployed. It is recommended to sum these together to look at all of those in employment or unemployed, or to use the four category labour market classification, if you want to look at all those with a particular labour market status.

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 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 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. 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/economic-activity-status/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