Annual End of Year Rates Balances by Parliamentary Constituency and Sector

Annual point-in-time data on outstanding property rates balances and occupancy counts recorded by Land & Property Services (LPS) in Northern Ireland as of 31st March each year. The dataset is provided by OpenDataNI and includes totals for Domestic, Non-Domestic, and overall sectors, with utilities reported separately. Data is updated annually, with the last recorded update on 2026-04-29.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in local government revenue collection based on annual rates balance totals.
• Comparing rates arrears across Domestic and Non-Domestic property sectors by parliamentary constituency.
• Mapping property tax liabilities to geographic constituencies, excluding utilities reported separately.
• Assessing the impact of insolvency proceedings and payment arrangements on recoverable rates balances.

Strengths

• Data is updated annually, providing a time series for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes a detailed breakdown by Domestic, Non-Domestic, and overall totals, plus a separate 'Utilities' category.
• Explicitly defines an 'occupancy' as a liable person or organization with a balance over £0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Totals are not adjusted for unallocated payments at year-end, which may affect accuracy.

Provenance

Source

Land & Property Services (LPS) rating system, provided by OpenDataNI.

Collection Method

Administrative records from the LPS rating system, mapped to parliamentary constituency geography.

Time Range

Annual point-in-time data as of 31st March each year.

Freshness

Updated annually; last updated 2026-04-29 16:00:46.232530.

Geography

Northern Ireland, by parliamentary constituency.