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CACI Acorn segments lookup: Acorn category, Acorn group, Acorn type - name and codes
Acorn_Category Acorn_Category_Name Acorn_Group Acorn_Group_Name Acorn_Type Acorn_Type_Code Acorn_Type_Name
1 1 Affluent Achievers A 1.A Lavish Lifestyles 1 1.A.1 1.A.1 Exclusive enclaves
1 1 Affluent Achievers A 1.A Lavish Lifestyles 2 1.A.2 1.A.2 Metropolitan money
1 1 Affluent Achievers A 1.A Lavish Lifestyles 3 1.A.3 1.A.3 Large house luxury
1 1 Affluent Achievers B 1.B Executive Wealth 4 1.B.4 1.B.4 Asset rich families
1 1 Affluent Achievers B 1.B Executive Wealth 5 1.B.5 1.B.5 Wealthy countryside commuters
1 1 Affluent Achievers B 1.B Executive Wealth 6 1.B.6 1.B.6 Financially comfortable families
1 1 Affluent Achievers B 1.B Executive Wealth 7 1.B.7 1.B.7 Affluent professionals
1 1 Affluent Achievers B 1.B Executive Wealth 8 1.B.8 1.B.8 Prosperous suburban families
1 1 Affluent Achievers B 1.B Executive Wealth 9 1.B.9 1.B.9 Well-off edge of towners
1 1 Affluent Achievers C 1.C Mature Money 10 1.C.10 1.C.10 Better-off villagers
1 1 Affluent Achievers C 1.C Mature Money 11 1.C.11 1.C.11 Settled suburbia, older people
1 1 Affluent Achievers C 1.C Mature Money 12 1.C.12 1.C.12 Retired and empty nesters
1 1 Affluent Achievers C 1.C Mature Money 13 1.C.13 1.C.13 Upmarket downsizers
2 2 Rising Prosperity D 2.D City Sophisticates 14 2.D.14 2.D.14 Townhouse cosmopolitans
2 2 Rising Prosperity D 2.D City Sophisticates 15 2.D.15 2.D.15 Younger professionals in smaller flats
2 2 Rising Prosperity D 2.D City Sophisticates 16 2.D.16 2.D.16 Metropolitan professionals
2 2 Rising Prosperity D 2.D City Sophisticates 17 2.D.17 2.D.17 Socialising young renters
2 2 Rising Prosperity E 2.E Career Climbers 18 2.E.18 2.E.18 Career driven young families
2 2 Rising Prosperity E 2.E Career Climbers 19 2.E.19 2.E.19 First time buyers in small, modern homes
2 2 Rising Prosperity E 2.E Career Climbers 20 2.E.20 2.E.20 Mixed metropolitan areas
3 3 Comfortable Communties F 3.F Countryside Communities 21 3.F.21 3.F.21 Farms and cottages
3 3 Comfortable Communties F 3.F Countryside Communities 22 3.F.22 3.F.22 Larger families in rural areas
3 3 Comfortable Communties F 3.F Countryside Communities 23 3.F.23 3.F.23 Owner occupiers in small towns and villages
3 3 Comfortable Communties G 3.G Successful Suburbs 24 3.G.24 3.G.24 Comfortably-off families in modern housing
3 3 Comfortable Communties G 3.G Successful Suburbs 25 3.G.25 3.G.25 Larger family homes, multi-ethnic areas
3 3 Comfortable Communties G 3.G Successful Suburbs 26 3.G.26 3.G.26 Semi-professional families, owner occupied neighbourhoods
3 3 Comfortable Communties H 3.H Steady Neighbourhoods 27 3.H.27 3.H.27 Suburban semis, conventional attitudes
3 3 Comfortable Communties H 3.H Steady Neighbourhoods 28 3.H.28 3.H.28 Owner occupied terraces, average income
3 3 Comfortable Communties H 3.H Steady Neighbourhoods 29 3.H.29 3.H.29 Established suburbs, older families
3 3 Comfortable Communties I 3.I Comfortable Seniors 30 3.I.30 3.I.30 Older people, neat and tidy neighbourhoods
3 3 Comfortable Communties I 3.I Comfortable Seniors 31 3.I.31 3.I.31 Elderly singles in purpose-built accommodation
3 3 Comfortable Communties J 3.J Starting Out 32 3.J.32 3.J.32 Educated families in terraces, young children
3 3 Comfortable Communties J 3.J Starting Out 33 3.J.33 3.J.33 Smaller houses and starter homes
4 4 Financially Stretched K 4.K Student Life 34 4.K.34 4.K.34 Student flats and halls of residence
4 4 Financially Stretched K 4.K Student Life 35 4.K.35 4.K.35 Term-time terraces
4 4 Financially Stretched K 4.K Student Life 36 4.K.36 4.K.36 Educated young people in flats and tenements
4 4 Financially Stretched L 4.L Modest Means 37 4.L.37 4.L.37 Low cost flats in suburban areas
4 4 Financially Stretched L 4.L Modest Means 38 4.L.38 4.L.38 Semi-skilled workers in traditional neighbourhoods
4 4 Financially Stretched L 4.L Modest Means 39 4.L.39 4.L.39 Fading owner occupied terraces
4 4 Financially Stretched L 4.L Modest Means 40 4.L.40 4.L.40 High occupancy terraces, many Asian families
4 4 Financially Stretched M 4.M Striving Families 41 4.M.41 4.M.41 Labouring semi-rural estates
4 4 Financially Stretched M 4.M Striving Families 42 4.M.42 4.M.42 Struggling young families in post-war terraces
4 4 Financially Stretched M 4.M Striving Families 43 4.M.43 4.M.43 Families in right-to-buy estates
4 4 Financially Stretched M 4.M Striving Families 44 4.M.44 4.M.44 Post-war estates, limited means
4 4 Financially Stretched N 4.N Poorer Families 45 4.N.45 4.N.45 Pensioners in social housing, semis and terraces
4 4 Financially Stretched N 4.N Poorer Families 46 4.N.46 4.N.46 Elderly people in social rented flats
4 4 Financially Stretched N 4.N Poorer Families 47 4.N.47 4.N.47 Low income older people in smaller semis
4 4 Financially Stretched N 4.N Poorer Families 48 4.N.48 4.N.48 Pensioners and singles in social rented flats
5 5 Urban Adversity O 5.O Young Hardship 49 5.O.49 5.O.49 Young families in low cost private flats
5 5 Urban Adversity O 5.O Young Hardship 50 5.O.50 5.O.50 Struggling younger people in mixed tenure
5 5 Urban Adversity O 5.O Young Hardship 51 5.O.51 5.O.51 Young people in small, low cost terraces
5 5 Urban Adversity P 5.P Struggling Estates 52 5.P.52 5.P.52 Poorer families, many children, terraced housing
5 5 Urban Adversity P 5.P Struggling Estates 53 5.P.53 5.P.53 Low income terraces
5 5 Urban Adversity P 5.P Struggling Estates 54 5.P.54 5.P.54 Multi-ethnic, purpose-built estates
5 5 Urban Adversity P 5.P Struggling Estates 55 5.P.55 5.P.55 Deprived and ethnically diverse in flats
5 5 Urban Adversity P 5.P Struggling Estates 56 5.P.56 5.P.56 Low income large families in social rented semis
5 5 Urban Adversity Q 5.Q Difficult Circumstances 57 5.Q.57 5.Q.57 Social rented flats, families and single parents
5 5 Urban Adversity Q 5.Q Difficult Circumstances 58 5.Q.58 5.Q.58 Singles and young families, some receiving benefits
5 5 Urban Adversity Q 5.Q Difficult Circumstances 59 5.Q.59 5.Q.59 Deprived areas and high-rise flats
6 6 Not Private Households R 6.R Not Private Households 60 6.R.60 6.R.60 Active communal population
6 6 Not Private Households R 6.R Not Private Households 61 6.R.61 6.R.61 Inactive communal population
6 6 Not Private Households R 6.R Not Private Households 62 6.R.62 6.R.62 Business areas without resident population
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joshlk commented Jul 27, 2017

Derived from "Acorn Knowledge sheet" on "What is Acorn" page.

Documented dated: 2016
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