MSOA (2021) to Counties and Unitary Authority (April 2025) Best Fit Lookup in EW

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Dataset information

Catalog
Office for National Statistics catalog
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Updated
2026.01.06 07:14
Created
2026.01.06
Available languages
English
Keywords
Counties and Unitary Authorities, 2021, LUP_MSOA_CTYUA, LUP_BFT_MSOA_2021_UTLA, LUP_BFT, Upper Tier Local Authorities, England, Middle Layer Super Output Area, Unitary Authorities, UTLA, APR_2025, MSOA, CTYUA, LUP_MSOA_UTLA, 2025, Counties
Datasource
Official portal for European data link
Quality scoring

Dataset description

<p><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; max-width:100%; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>This file is a best fit lookup between 2021 middle layer super output areas and counties and unitary authorities in England and Wales as at 1st April 2025.&nbsp; (File size - 1.2 MB)</span></span></p><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; max-width:100%; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5; max-width:100%;'>Field Names - MSOA21CD, MSOA21NM, MSOA21NMW, CTYUA25CD, CTYUA25NM, CTYUA25NMW</span></span></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; max-width:100%; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5; max-width:100%;'>Field Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text</span></span></div><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; max-width:100%; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:Lato, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size:18px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5; max-width:100%;'>Field Lengths - 9, 39, 28, 9, 35, 24</span></span></div><p><br /><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(74,74,74); 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='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>For more information and an overview of best-fitting follow this link -&nbsp;</span></font></span></p><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><a style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 97, 155); font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5; text-decoration: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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