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Henry Lau

@henrylau.co.uk

Data visualisation @ONS. I used to volunteer at mills (Brixton, Bursledon). SciComm, Baking, Cycling. 📊🧙‍♂️. Some code bits at www.henrylau.co.uk

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Henry Lau @henrylau.co.uk · 21/05/2026

We've also updated our life expectancy calculator recently. Give it a try! www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

ONS life expectancy calculator screenshot where you can put your age and sex and it returns your average life expectancy and change of reaching state pension age, 90 or 100.

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Henry Lau @henrylau.co.uk · 21/05/2026

Today we published an explainer looking at ONS numbers on British migrants; what we know and what we don't know. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

Emigration of British nationals has been broadly stable recently - but remains lower than in September 2021

Estimated migration levels to and from the UK are higher after applying improved methods

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Ahmad Barclay @bothness.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Ever wanted to waste infinity hours doing tile puzzles of every place in the world? Well, now you can with #AnyMapPuzzle You can play for free, forever (literally), at bothness.github.io/anymap

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Henry Lau @henrylau.co.uk · 21/02/2025

Any data vis people have opinions or research about the use of tooltips on charts? Do people just really like them because something is happening when they mouseover, so like a flashy distraction, or is there a user need they fulfil? @albertocairo.com @visualisingdata.com

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Henry Lau @henrylau.co.uk · 22/11/2024

@miguelrocadata.bsky.social Anna think this was you? www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

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Unpaid carers, England and Wales: 2020 to 2023 - Office for National Statistics

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Henry Lau @henrylau.co.uk · 15/03/2024

🌟New project🌟 🏙️Which towns attract people with advanced education? 🎓 Our latest piece of robojournalism that looks at individual towns to see how many people with post-16 qualifications stayed in or returned to the towns they grew up in www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

Screen recording of our robo-journalism article looking at how many people with post-16 qualifications stayed in or returned to the towns they grew up in.

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