ID 2004: Households Lacking Central Heating in England, 2004

England's 2004 administrative data on households lacking central heating, sourced from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The dataset is published by Neighbourhood Statistics and provides coverage at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) geography level. It uses data from 2001 to represent the 2004 indicator.

Use Cases

• Mapping fuel poverty indicators based on the central heating deprivation metric
• Analyzing regional disparities in housing conditions based on LSOA-level coverage
• Informing social policy and resource allocation based on administrative data on household amenities

Strengths

• Geographic coverage is specified as England with LSOA-level granularity.
• Temporal coverage is clearly defined as 2004, using 2001 data.
• Source is explicitly stated as the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to using 2001 data for a 2004 indicator.

Provenance

Source

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2004 (using 2001 data)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:09.167942; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA)