Local Administrative Units Level 2 Names and Codes for the United Kingdom, January 2012

Local Administrative Units Level 2 (LAU2) names and codes for the United Kingdom, as of January 2012. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. The file size is 260 KB and the record was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Geocoding UK addresses based on LAU2 codes mentioned in the description
• Mapping administrative boundaries for the United Kingdom based on the geographic unit names
• Joining socio-economic data using LAU2 codes as a common identifier
• Analyzing changes in UK local government structures over time based on the fixed 2012 snapshot

Strengths

• Provided by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
• Has a specific temporal snapshot (January 2012).
• File size is a known 260 KB.

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 the 2012 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

January 2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:51.719129; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom