Census Merged Wards (December 2011) Super Generalised Clipped Boundaries in England and Wa

Digital vector boundaries for Census Merged Wards in England and Wales as of 31 December 2011. The dataset contains three boundary resolutions, with the super generalised version clipped to the coastline and available as a 3 MB download. It is published by the Office for National Statistics under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Create choropleth maps for census data based on the provided ward boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins to aggregate point data to the ward level using the super generalised (200m) boundaries.
• Analyze coastal administrative geography using boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark.
• Integrate boundary data into GIS software for regional planning and analysis.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary resolutions: full (93 MB), generalised (20m, 10 MB), and super generalised (200m, 3 MB).
• Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights, indicating authoritative sourcing.
• Boundaries are temporally specific, representing the geography as of 31 December 2011.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2011, which may limit analysis of recent demographic changes.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official census and mapping sources.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:19.173065; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales