Occupation

England
Wales
gethttps://crystalroof.co.uk/customer-api/work-and-travel/occupation/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 in England and Wales by occupation.

This dataset classifies what people aged 16 years and over do as their main job. Their job title or details of activities they do in their job and any supervisory or management responsibilities form this classification. This information is used to code responses to an occupation using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2020. It classifies people who were in employment between 15 March and 21 March 2021, by the SOC code that represents their current occupation. The lowest level of detail available is the four-digit SOC code which includes all codes in three, two and one digit SOC code levels.

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.
Postcode with or without space. This argument is case-insensitive.
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.
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/work-and-travel/occupation/postcode/v1/W60WW?api_key=DEMO
Possible responses with examples
Code
Description
200
Success
{
  "data": {
    "residents": {
      "Total": 98,
      "1. Managers, directors and senior officials": 9,
      "2. Professional occupations": 39,
      "3. Associate professional and technical occupations": 12,
      "4. Administrative and secretarial occupations": 6,
      "5. Skilled trades occupations": 7,
      "6. Caring, leisure and other service occupations": 13,
      "7. Sales and customer service occupations": 4,
      "8. Process, plant and machine operatives": 3,
      "9. Elementary occupations": 5
    },
    "rank": {
      "1. Managers, directors and senior officials": 3,
      "2. Professional occupations": 8,
      "3. Associate professional and technical occupations": 4,
      "4. Administrative and secretarial occupations": 3,
      "5. Skilled trades occupations": 3,
      "6. Caring, leisure and other service occupations": 6,
      "7. Sales and customer service occupations": 2,
      "8. Process, plant and machine operatives": 2,
      "9. Elementary occupations": 2
    }
  },
  "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!"
} 
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