LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2024) to LAD (2024) Best Fit Lookup in EW

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Dataset information

Country of origin
Updated
2025.10.08 05:12
Created
2024.06.26
Available languages
English
Keywords
2024, LAD, 2021_Census, LUP_LSOA_WD, LUP_BFT, LUP_LSOA_2021_WD, England and Wales, WD, Wards, Local Authority, Local Authority Districts, LSOA, Ward, Lower Layer Super Output Areas, MAY_2024, LSOA21
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Dataset description

<div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px; overflow:visible; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><p style='background-color:transparent; color:windowtext; font-kerning:none; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin:0px 0px 10.6667px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-indent:0px;'><span style='font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><strong>Please Note: </strong>This file updated on 26</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:9.5pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><sup>th</sup></span></span><span style='font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> August 2025 to correct ward/local authority district allocation for E01027305 - West Northamptonshire 048E which was incorrect. See further details on our dedicated </span></span><a target='_blank' href='https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/pages/notices' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>notice</span></span></a><span style='font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='box-shadow:rgb(66, 66, 66) -1px 0px 0px 0px !important; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>page.&nbsp;</span><span style='line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>&nbsp;</span></span></p></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px; overflow:visible; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><p style='background-color:transparent; color:windowtext; font-kerning:none; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin:0px 0px 10.6667px; padding:0px; text-align:left; text-indent:0px;'><span style='font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>If you have downloaded this product before this date, please check your version and download the updated product. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. For further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact </span></span><a style='color:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-decoration:none;' href='mailto:ONS.Geography@ons.gov.uk' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='color:rgb(5,99,193); font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><u>ONS.Geography@ons.gov.uk</u></span></span></a><span style='font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:12pt;'><span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>.</span><span style='line-height:20.5042px; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>&nbsp;</span></span></p></div><p style='box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px; margin-bottom:10px; margin-top:0px;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px; margin-bottom:10px; margin-top:0px;'>This file is a best fit lookup between 2021 lower layer super output areas, electoral wards/divisions and local authority districts in England and Wales as at 2nd May 2024&nbsp; (File Size - 2.7 MB)&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Field Names - LSOA21CD, LSOA21NM, LSOA21NMW, WD24CD, WD24NM, WD24NMW, LAD24CD, LAD24NM, LAD24NMW</p><p style='box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px; margin-bottom:10px; margin-top:0px;'>Field Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text</p><p style='box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px; margin-bottom:10px; margin-top:0px;'>Field Lengths - 9, 40, 29, 9, 53, 45, 9, 35, 24</p><p>File updated to correct ward/local authority district allocation for E01027305 - West Northamptonshire 048E<br /><br /><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'><font style='font-family:inherit;'>For more information and an overview of best-fitting follow this link -&nbsp;</font></span></p><p style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px;'>&nbsp;</p><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><a style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); font-family:inherit; text-decoration-line:none;' target='_blank' href='https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/f0aac7ccbfd04cda9eb03e353c613faa/about' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/f0aac7ccbfd04cda9eb03e353c613faa/about</a></div>
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