UK Output Area to Ward to Local Authority District Lookup for England and Wales (2015)

Office for National Statistics provides a lookup table linking different levels of UK census geography. This dataset maps Output Areas, the smallest statistical building blocks, to their corresponding Wards and Local Authority Districts as defined in December 2015. The data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 for public use.

Use Cases

• Aggregating census data from Output Areas to Ward level based on the geographic hierarchy described.
• Joining socio-economic indicators to Local Authority District boundaries using the provided lookup codes.
• Analyzing population statistics across different administrative tiers in England and Wales.
• Creating choropleth maps for various UK administrative regions using the geographic relationships.

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics, the UK's official statistical authority.
• Provides a clear snapshot of administrative boundaries as of a specific date (December 2015).
• Licensed under OGL-UK-3.0, allowing for broad reuse and distribution.

Limitations

• Row count and file size details are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects a 2015 geographic structure, which may not match current administrative boundaries.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2015 snapshot

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:46.855571; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales