We’ve updated Build a custom area profile
One of the tools we launched for census was Build a custom area profile. This tool was designed to help…
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Working at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), our role is to provide data and insights on what matters most…
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Build a custom area profile is a simple tool that allows you to create a Census 2021 data profile covering…
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Here’s a simple guide to embedding our interactive maps and charts and making them responsive, so they look their best…
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TL; DR? Our scrollytelling articles are built with Svelte, Layer Cake and Mapbox GL JS (v1). You can view our…
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Scrollytelling is a new format for the digital content team, and one we are developing in the run up to…
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Commuting: most people do it, most people hate it. We know men do more of the longer commutes, and our…
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Charts with two different y-axis are often used in the reporting of statistics. They can display two or more related…
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What’s the idea? Currently, most of the chart titles used across the ONS are purely statistical, signposting the data within…
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“Who wants to be a millionaire” is the name of a popular ITV quiz show being reintroduced to our screens…
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