Census Merged Wards: Names and Codes for England and Wales, December 2011

Office for National Statistics provides the names and codes for merged wards from the December 2011 census in England and Wales. The dataset is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It likely contains identifiers for linking census data to administrative geography.

Use Cases

• Link census demographic data to ward-level geography based on the provided codes.
• Analyze changes in administrative boundaries over time based on the 2011 reference.
• Create maps of England and Wales using standardized ward identifiers mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Official source from the UK's Office for National Statistics.
• Specific temporal reference to the December 2011 census.
• Available under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license.

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

Time Range

December 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:04.141463; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales