Region

Applicant Region is based on the home postcode (UK) or the area of permanent residence (overseas). A number of applicant Region breakdowns are usually available for UCAS data.

You may also be interested in HE region, which shows the regions to which applicants apply.

Region: country
UK Government Office Region of UK applicants, or the country of domicile of non-UK applicants. (Labelled Region2 in annual datasets.)

Region: continent
The continent of domicile, with Europe further subdivided between UK, EU and Non-EU. (Labelled Region1 in annual datasets.)

Domicile (Home, EU or Other overseas)
Indicates whether applicants are Home (UK), EU (excluding UK), or Other overseas domiciled.

Commonwealth
Indicates whether applicants are domiciled in the UK, Commonwealth or Other.