The United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics created a treemap representation of its statistical geographies as of September 2017. The data shows the hierarchical relationships between different geography groups and geographical areas within a UK-shaped treemap. It is provided in a PDF file of approximately 608 KB.
Use Cases
- Visualizing the hierarchical structure of UK statistical geographies based on the treemap representation.
- Understanding the relative scale and nesting of different UK geography groups.
- Referencing the official UK statistical geography framework for data aggregation or mapping.
Strengths
- Produced by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
- File size is specified as 608 KB.
- Represents the official UK statistical geography hierarchy as of a specific date.
Limitations
- Data is provided only in PDF format, limiting direct machine-readability.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated metadata shows a future date (2026-07-08), which may indicate a system error.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Time Range
- September 2017
- Freshness
- Data represents a snapshot from September 2017.
- Geography
- United Kingdom