UK Census Ward Names and Codes for January 2003

Census Area Statistics (CAS) Wards (January 2003) Names and Codes in the United Kingdom is a dataset from the Office for National Statistics. It contains names and codes for census wards as defined in January 2003. The dataset was last updated on the platform on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative boundaries based on the ward names and codes.
• Joining demographic data to geographic units based on the ward codes.
• Analyzing historical changes in UK census geography based on the January 2003 snapshot.

Strengths

• Official source from the UK's Office for National Statistics.
• Specific temporal snapshot for January 2003.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license for open use.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official UK census and geographic records.

Time Range

January 2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:36.154618; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom