UK Output Area to Local Authority District Lookup for England, December 2014

Office for National Statistics provides a lookup table linking different UK administrative geography hierarchies. This dataset likely contains codes and names for Output Areas, Lower and Middle Layer Super Output Areas, Local Authority Districts, and Local Enterprise Partnerships. The data is specific to England and reflects boundaries as of December 2014.

Use Cases

• Aggregating census data from Output Areas to Local Authority Districts based on the lookup relationship.
• Joining economic indicators from Local Enterprise Partnerships to smaller geographic units for analysis.
• Creating consistent geographic time series by applying a fixed 2014 boundary definition to other datasets.

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
• Uses the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL-UK-3.0) for clear reuse.
• File size is specified as 4 MB, indicating a manageable download.

Limitations

• Column names and row counts are unknown, limiting pre-download assessment of structure.
• Data reflects boundaries from December 2014 and may not match current administrative geography.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:47.469964; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England