Tracking the impact of the EU referendum

23 September 2016
By Darren Waters

ONS produces a wide range of economic statistics, which will increasingly contain data periods which fall after the UK vote on EU membership that was held on 23 June.

How has the student population changed?

20 September 2016
By ONS Digital

Over the next few weeks students will be travelling to university for the start of the academic year. Understanding student populations and the impact they have on an area is complicated by many factors, but what can ONS data tell you about students in the UK?

Uncharted territory: Navigating a sea of data

5 September 2016
By ONS Digital

UK goods exports to the EU and non-EU areas, percentage of total UK goods exports, current prices, 1999 to 2015

We love charts at ONS. Can’t get enough of them. They bring to life some of the more complex statistics we produce and help tell a story. But sometimes they are lost among the sheer volume of content that we publish on our sister website ons.gov.uk.

The popularity of the name Muhammad/Mohammed/Mohammad

2 September 2016
By Rob Fry

The release of the latest official data on baby names is likely to raise the subject of the popularity of the name Muhammad once more.

Baby names since 1904: how has yours performed?

2 September 2016
By Rob Fry

Names: everyone’s got one but how has yours performed over the past 110 years? Are you a comeback kid, a disappearing act or a completely new entry?

What’s the best time for a wedding?

26 August 2016
By Rob Fry

What are migration levels like in your area?

25 August 2016
By Rob Fry

Migration is a topic which often features in newspaper column inches and on our television screens. Today it was revealed that over the last year net migration (the balance between immigration – those entering the UK for a year or more, and emigration

Five facts about… housing

17 August 2016
By ONS Digital

The steady rise in the cost of buying a home shows no sign of abating, as ONS figures reveal that average house prices have risen by 8.7% in the year to June 2016. But house prices are just one part of the story; here are five facts about housing in the UK

Does our sex affect what we die from?

13 July 2016
By Rob Fry

More than half a million deaths were registered in England and Wales in 2015, but our data shows cause of death can depend heavily on our sex and age.

Can the beautiful game affect some beautiful baby names?

6 July 2016
By Rob Fry

As Wales prepares to face Portugal tonight in the Euro 2016 semi-finals, we look at how popular the Wales players’ names are in England and Wales. After the Euro 2016 tournament, could we see names such as Gareth and Hal increase in popularity?

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