STATEC

Unit SOC3 Population and housing

STATEC

BP. 304

L-2013 Luxembourg

Data from the recensement de la population, des bâtiments et des logements as per 1 February 2011.

These data relate to the personal and socio-demographic characteristics of the persons recorded. Data on households and families are also published, as are statistics on certain features of buildings and dwellings.

Personal data is available by age, sex, nationality, country of birth, socio-economic situation etc., broken down in line with the European typology.

Usual residence is the place where the person normally sleeps, regardless of any
temporary absences on holiday or leave or for the purposes of visiting friends or relatives, on business, for medical treatment or on a religious pilgrimage, or otherwise their
legal or official place of residence.

The subdivision 'sex' serves to divide the overall population into men and women.

The age reached on the reference date is reported (age in completed years).

Marital status is the legal conjugal status of an individual in relation to the marriage laws of the country (that is the de jure status).

In Luxembourg, the population has been broken down into the following categories:

Unmarried (i.e. never married);

Married

In a registered partnership

Widowed

Registered partnership ended following death of a partner

Divorced

Registered partnership ended following legal dissolution

The family nucleus is defined in the narrow sense, that is as two or more persons who belong to the same household and who are related as husband and wife, as partners in a registered partnership, as partners in a consensual union, or as parent and child. Thus a family comprises a couple without children, or a couple with one or more children, or a lone parent with one or more children. This family concept limits relationships between children and adults to direct (first-degree) relationships, that is between parents and children.

In Luxembourg, the 'housekeeping' concept is applied to identify private households.
According to the housekeeping concept, a private household is either:
a) a one-person household, that is a person who lives alone in a separate housing unit or who occupies, as a lodger, a separate room (or rooms) of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form part of a multi-person household as defined below; or
b) a multi-person household, that is a group of two or more persons who combine to occupy the whole or part of a housing unit and to provide themselves with food and possibly other essentials for living. Members of the group may pool their incomes to a greater or lesser extent.

Current activity status’ is the current relationship of a person to economic activity, based on a reference period of one week, which may be either a specified, recent, fixed, calendar week, or the last complete calendar week, or the last seven days prior to enumeration.

‘Occupation’ refers to the type of work done in a job. ‘Type of work’ means the main tasks and duties of the work.

‘Industry (branch of economic activity)’ refers to the kind of production or activity of the establishment or similar unit in which the job of a currently economically active person is located.

An ‘employee’ is a person who works in a ‘paid employment’ job, that is a job where the explicit or implicit contract of employment gives the incumbent a basic remuneration, which is independent of the revenue of the unit for which he/she works.

An ‘employer’ is a person who, working on his or her own account or with a small number of partners, holds a ‘self-employment’ job and, in this capacity, on a continuous basis (including the reference week) has engaged one or more persons to work for him/her as ‘employees’.

A 'self-employed worker' is a person who, working on his/her own account or with one or a few partners, holds a 'self-employment job' and has not engaged, on a continuous basis, any 'employees'.

A ‘contributing family worker’ is a person who
holds a ‘self-employment’ job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person, living in the same household.

The location of the place of work where a currently employed person does his/her job.

Educational attainment refers to the highest level successfully completed in the educational system of the country where the education was received.

The breakdown ‘Size of the locality’ is designed to break down any total or subtotal of units that can be located in ‘localities’, including any total or subtotal referring to persons.

Information on ‘Place of birth’ is collected according to the place of usual residence of the mother at the time of the birth, or otherwise where the birth took place.
Information on the country of birth is collected on the basis of international boundaries as they existed on 1 January 2011.

Citizenship is defined as the particular legal bond between an individual and his/her State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, option, marriage or other means according to the national legislation.

The year of arrival is the calendar year in which a person most recently established usual residence in the country.

The place of usual residence one year prior to the census.

The topic ‘Housing arrangements’ covers the whole population and refers to the type of housing in which a person usually resides at the time of the census. This covers all persons who are usual residents in different types of living quarters, or who do not have a usual residence and stay temporarily in some type of living quarters, or who are homeless, sleeping rough or in emergency shelters, when the census is taken.

The family nucleus is defined in the narrow sense, that is as two or more persons who belong to the same household and who are related as husband and wife, as partners in a registered partnership, as partners in a consensual union, or as parent and child. Thus a family comprises a couple without children, or a couple with one or more children, or a lone parent with one or more children. This family concept limits relationships between children and adults to direct (first-degree) relationships, that is between parents and children.

Number of persons in the family nucleus.

The specifications provided for the topic ‘Household status’ also apply to the topic ‘Type of private household’.

Number of persons comprising a private household.

The topic ‘Tenure status of households’ refers to the arrangements under which a private household occupies all or part of a housing unit.

In Luxembourg, a distinction is made between:

Owners

Persons housed free of charge

Tenants

Subtenants

Other

The topic ‘Housing arrangements’ covers the whole population and refers to the type of housing in which a person usually resides at the time of the census.

‘Occupied conventional dwellings’ are conventional dwellings which are the usual residence of one or more persons at the time of the census. ‘Unoccupied conventional dwellings’ are conventional dwellings which are not the usual residence of any person at the time of the census.

In Luxembourg, a distinction is made between:

Main residences

Secondary residences

Unoccupied residences (being built or renovated)

Unoccupied residences (temporarily empty)

'Type of ownership' refers to the ownership of the residence.

The number of occupants of a housing unit is the number of people for whom the housing unit is the usual residence.

Useful floor space is defined as the floor space measured inside the outer walls excluding non-habitable cellars and attics and, in multi-dwelling buildings, all common spaces.

The number of rooms per dwelling unit, in line with the definition below:

A ‘room’ is defined as a space in a housing unit enclosed by walls reaching from the floor to the ceiling or roof, of a size large enough to hold a bed for an adult (4 square metres at least) and at least 2 metres high over the major area of the ceiling.

‘Density standard’ relates the ratio between the useful floor space in square metres and the number of occupants, as specified under ‘Number of occupants’.

Density standard’ relates the number of rooms compared to the number of occupants, as specified under ‘Number of occupants’.

"Water supply system" divides the total number of housing units into those with running water and those without.

 'Toilet facilities' divides the total number of housing units into those with a flushing toilet and those without a flushing toilet.

A bathing facility is any facility designed to wash the whole body and includes either bath or shower facilities

A housing unit is considered to be centrally heated if heating is provided either from a community heating centre or from an installation in the building or in the housing unit, designed for heating purposes, without regard to the source of energy.

In Luxembourg, a distinction is made between:

Collective central heating

Individual central heating

and

Other type of heating.

A distinction is made between:

Conventional dwellings in residential buildings
Conventional dwellings in non-residential buildings

The topic ‘Dwelling by period of construction’ refers to the year when the building in which the dwelling is located was completed.

Individual: the statistical unit is the person

Family: the statistical unit is the family nucleus

Household: the statistical unit is the household

Housing unit: the statistical unit is the housing unit

Building: the statistical unit is the building.

Persons with their normal place of residence in Luxembourg

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Reference date: 1 February 2011

Age: in completed years

Floor space: in m2

All other variables: number

STATEC

No arrangements

Article 16 of the Law of 10 July 2011 on the organisation of the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and amending the Amended Law of 22 June 1963 establishing the system for the remuneration of State officials

Law of 2 August 2002 on the protection of persons with regard to the processing of personal data

REGULATION (EC) No 223/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities
Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics,
and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities

European statistics code of practice  adopted by the Committee on Statistical Programmes on 24 February 2005 and promulgated in the
Commission Recommendation of 25 May 2005 on the independence, integrity and accountability of the  national and Community statistical authorities

Precautions are taken for the dissemination of any statistics to ensure that any information associated with identifiable persons or businesses (natural or legal persons) is not divulged directly or inadvertently, and that any dissemination of individual information takes place exclusively with the prior permission of the provider of the statistical information
(active confidentiality approach). For example, with regard to statistics on
enterprises, any information published must be based on a minimum of three respondents and only when one or two of the firms does not hold a dominant share in the total.

STATEC guarantees that confidential data will not be divulged in the dissemination of the results, with the exception of import/export statistics. For the latter, detailed information which allows the indirect identification of an exporter or importer is not rendered confidential, except at the request of the economic operator in question, addressed to STATEC.
The data used for the production of statistics are treated confidentially when they allow the direct or indirect identification of a natural or legal person or entail the risk of individual information being divulged. To determine whether a particular natural or legal person can be identified, it is necessary to take into account all the means which may reasonably be assumed to be available to a third party to identify the said person. However, data taken from publicly accessible sources and which remain
accessible in line with the law are not considered to be confidential. The same applies in the event of express authorisation given by the provider of the statistical information.

The Census Hub allowing access to the hypercubes was opened on 13 December 2013

The press and the public are informed in news releases (Statnews) that statistical publications and tables relating to the 2011 census have been placed on-line.

every10 years

News releases for dissemination of the various results

A book entitled 'La société luxembourgeoise dans le miroir du recensement de la population' (Luxembourg society, as reflected in the census) was published in late February 2014.

Hypercubes available via Eurostat

The microdata will not be published.

Statistical tables accessible via the statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.

The 2011 census was a traditional census, the practical arrangements for which were published in a Grand-Ducal regulation.

There is not yet a national quality management report.

As this was a traditional census, the completeness of the data is guaranteed.

Grand-Ducal regulation of 25 November 2010 ordering a general census of the
population, dwellings and buildings in the Grand-Duchy on 1 February 2011:

Article 4. The census shall be organised, led, monitored and scrutinised by the STATEC.
At local authority level, the counting shall be performed under the management and supervision of the mayor and aldermen by census officials appointed by them. The local authorities shall monitor the exhaustiveness of the counting in situ. If necessary, they complete the questionnaires with regard to year and period of birth, sex and nationality.

As this was a traditional census, the completeness of the data is guaranteed. (see point 12.1)

As the local authorities are responsible for the counting in situ, no post-enumeration survey was carried out.

(Grand-Ducal regulation of 25 November 2010 ordering a general census of the
population, dwellings and buildings in the Grand-Duchy on 1 February 2011:

Article 4. The census shall be organised, led, monitored and scrutinised by the STATEC.
At local authority level, the counting shall be performed under the management and supervision of the mayor and the aldermen by census officials appointed by them. The local authorities shall monitor the exhaustiveness of the counting in situ. If necessary, they complete the questionnaires with regard to year and period of birth, sex and nationality.

European Statistics must meet the needs of users.

The census data disseminated by Eurostat are addressed to policy makers, researchers, media and the general public.

Procedures (on-line surveys with our users) are planned to consult users.

Depends on the availability of data transmitted by the National Statistical Institutes.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

As this is a traditional census (with the completeness and quality of the data guaranteed by the local authorities), the data are reliable.

The first results of the 2011 census (referring to the position on 1 February 2011) were published within 12 months.

All the hypercube data were published on the Census Hub on 13 December 2013.

As this was a traditional census (complete enumeration basis), the data are comparable on all territorial levels.

Figures provided by the National Statistical Institutes in the framework of the 2011 Population and Housing Census may differ from those transmitted in other statistical domains due to the cross domain differences in definitions and methodologies used.  For additional information please see metadata specific to each domain.

All the data come from the same source (traditional census).

Internal coherence is assured by regulations defining breakdowns and definitions of topics (Regulation (EC) No 1201/2009, Regulation (EU) No 519/2010, Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010)

The census cost approximately EUR 3 500 000.

No data revision.

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Every ten years

traditional census (see enclosed document).

Consistency checks were carried out between the various responses.

These checks included:

comparisons of the dates of birth of parents and children

number of spouses in a family nucleus

comparison of levels of education and profession practised

comparison of age and socio-economic status

comparison of occupation and sector of activity

etc.

A methodology was developed to codify family nuclei

The process for the identification of family nuclei was based on seven sequential steps: 1) Symmetrisation of relationships – 2) Definition of primary relationship – 3) Preparation of the link child(ren)/parent(s) – 4) Identification of nuclei (family or other) – 5) Characteristics of family nuclei and 6) of the household – 7) Categorisation of family nuclei in accordance with  EUROSTAT typology.

All the definitions are based on European legislation.