Northern Ireland Ward Names and Codes for April 2015

April 2015 administrative ward boundaries for Northern Ireland, including names and codes. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. Its last recorded metadata update was on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative boundaries based on ward names and codes mentioned in the description
• Joining demographic or economic data to ward-level geographies based on the described boundary data
• Analyzing spatial patterns in Northern Ireland using the 2015 administrative framework

Strengths

• Provided by the authoritative Office for National Statistics
• Released under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 open license

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

April 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:03.404122; freshness should be verified

Geography

Northern Ireland