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Acorn DataPlus

Acorn is a geodemographic profiling data set that is based on data from the national Census. It is collected every ten years and therefore only radically changes every decade when it is reclustered.

In November 2003 CACI launched its new version of ACORN data. Based on the 2001 Census, it has been updated by CACI to more accurately reflect society today. These changes improve ACORN’s ability to build targeted marketing systems, making it a much more powerful discriminator.

Consumer behaviour has changed over the past decade, and the new ACORN takes into account these key shifts.

  • As the wealth of the nation increases and borrowing gets easier, car ownership has risen and more people commute by car.
  • More consumers are asset rich, with a growth of 20% of homeowners having paid off their mortgages.
  • Conversely there is much less unemployment.
  • New building has increased with more detached and semi-detached properties. There are now different types of people living in traditional housing.
  • The workplace is now more flexible, illustrated by an increase in people working from home.
  • The population is becoming more educated and the number of students has nearly doubled.
  • Family structure is changing, with significant growth in single parents. Despite an increase of grown-up children remaining in the family home, there are more “empty nester” consumers than ever before as older couples become free of the financial responsibility of schoolchildren.
  • We are seeing a significant growth of the very elderly, the population is getting older

This new ACORN data set is now available for all compatible QuickAddress products.

For more information please visit the CACI Acorn website.

Benefits

Appending an Acorn code to a customer record can offer profiling analysis of a customer, or prospect database. Businesses use this information to improve their understanding of customers, target markets and determine where to locate operations.

Technical information

DataPlus Set Name

UK - Acorn; GBR Acorn

Supplier

CACI

Update frequency

Annually

Granularity

Postcode level

No. of Fields

2 (UK data set), 6 (GBR data set)

Example

15 - Affluent urban professionals, flats

Available for the following product lines

QuickAddress V4/DataWorld/UK

For more information on how to configure QuickAddress DataPlus sets, and the data items returned please consult the following guides:

QuickAddress UK Product Line

QuickAddress V4/DataWorld Product Line

Evaluate QuickAddress UK - Acorn DataPlus.

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