Lower layer super output areas (LSOAs)
Small neighbourhoods of around 1,000 to 3,000 people in England and Wales, designed for statistics. Deprivation indices and other small-area data are published on them.
Name in the API
lsoaCovers
England and Wales
Areas in the latest release
35,672
Published by
Office for National Statistics
Boundary releases
The Atlas holds 4 releases of these boundaries, newest first. Use the release id wherever an endpoint asks for release.
| Release | Description | Areas | Map tiles |
|---|---|---|---|
2021-12-ew-bgc-v5 | Lower layer super output areas, December 2021 (England and Wales, generalised, clipped, v5) | 35,672 | Yes |
2011-12-w-bgc | Lower layer super output areas, December 2011 (Wales, generalised, clipped) | 1,909 | Yes |
2011-12-ew-bgc-v3 | Lower layer super output areas, December 2011 (England and Wales, generalised, clipped, v3) | 34,753 | Yes |
2001-12-ew-bgc | Lower layer super output areas, December 2001 (England and Wales, generalised, clipped) | 34,378 | – |
Boundaries are published by Office for National Statistics under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Get attribution text gives the credit line for a map.
Datasets on these areas
| Datasets | Code year | Periods | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Census 2021 small areas | 2021 | 2021 | England and Wales |
2021 | 2021 | England and Wales | |
2021 | 2021 | England and Wales | |
2021 | 2021 | England and Wales | |
2021 | 2021 | England and Wales | |
2021 | 2021 | England and Wales | |
2021 | 2021 | England and Wales | |
| Deprivation | 2021 | 2025 | England |
2011 | 2019 | Wales | |
| Road collisions | 2021 | 2024 to 2025 | England and Wales |
Request it
List the areas in the latest release:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/areas?geography=lsoa&release=2021-12-ew-bgc-v5&limit=5"Draw them on a map with vector tiles:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/map-resources/lsoa/2021-12-ew-bgc-v5/tiles.json"/areas/{geography}/{release}/{code}/geometryGet an area's shapeget/areas:containsFind areas at a pointget/boundary-releases:resolveFind boundaries for a dateDownloads
Every release has an area-code lookup table. Releases with map resources also have downloadable PMTiles and GeoParquet shapes. The source and licence information above applies to these files too; preserve the attribution and note any cleaning or reformatting when you redistribute one.
| Release | Area codes | Boundary files |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-ew-bgc-v5 | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2011-12-w-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2011-12-ew-bgc-v3 | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2001-12-ew-bgc | CSV | — |