human social role US census householder role A US Census householder role is a human social role that, if realized, is realized by that person being a member of a household and either owning or renting the housing unit in which that household resides and being designated as the householder. If there is only one member of the household who owns or rents the housing unit, that person is designated the householder by default. Amanda Hicks http://www.census.gov/cps/about/cpsdef.html last accessed on June 30, 2015