Lower layer Super Output Areas (December 2021) Boundaries EW BFE (V10) and Rural Urban Cla

Digital vector boundaries for Lower layer Super Output Areas in England and Wales, as at 21 March 2021. The data is joined to the Rural-Urban Classification 2021, a product developed by the Office for National Statistics, Defra, and the Welsh Assembly Government. Source data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 and contains OS data © Crown copyright 2025.

Use Cases

• Map demographic statistics based on Lower layer Super Output Area boundaries.
• Analyze urban-rural settlement patterns based on the Rural-Urban Classification.
• Perform spatial joins for regional planning based on standardized administrative boundaries.

Strengths

• Boundaries are current as of a specific date: 21 March 2021.
• Includes official Rural-Urban Classification data for 2021, a Government Statistical Service product.
• Source is authoritative: Office for National Statistics under Open Government Licence.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2025-04-04.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Welsh Assembly Government.

Collection Method

Official government statistical and geospatial data collection.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Data reflects boundaries as of December 2021; metadata last updated 2025-04-04.

Geography

England and Wales