Wales Output Areas: 2011 Census Map

Output Areas (December 2011) Map - Wales is a geospatial PDF document depicting the smallest statistical building blocks for census data in Wales. The map shows the administrative boundaries of Output Areas as they were defined in December 2011. It is published by the Office for National Statistics under an open government license.

Use Cases

• Geographic analysis of census data based on the standardized Output Area boundaries.
• Validating the spatial extent of statistical units for research on Welsh demographics.
• Creating base maps for visualizing socio-economic indicators at a granular level in Wales.
• Integrating historical 2011 census geography with other administrative boundary datasets.

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative Office for National Statistics, ensuring official status.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, permitting reuse and distribution.
• Represents a specific, frozen geography (December 2011) for consistent historical analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset is a static PDF map, limiting machine-readability and direct geospatial analysis.
• Metadata is sparse, with no column details, row counts, or specific creation methodology provided.
• The 'last updated' dates (2025, 2026) on hosting platforms conflict with the dataset's 2011 reference date, suggesting metadata may not reflect content age.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2011

Freshness

The data content references December 2011. Platform metadata shows a last updated date of 2026-07-08 on uk_data.

Geography

Wales