UK Data AtlasAPI

Middle layer super output areas (MSOAs)

Areas of around 5,000 to 15,000 people in England and Wales, built from LSOAs and sitting between them and local authorities.

Name in the API

msoa

Covers

England and Wales

Areas in the latest release

7,264

Published by

Office for National Statistics

Boundary releases

The Atlas holds one release of these boundaries.

ReleaseDescriptionAreasMap tiles
2021-12-ew-bgc-v3Middle layer super output areas, December 2021 (England and Wales, generalised, clipped)7,264Yes

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

DatasetsCode yearPeriodsCovers
Census 2021 small areas20212021England and Wales
20212021England and Wales
20212021England and Wales
20212021England and Wales
20212021England and Wales
20212021England and Wales
20212021England and Wales

Request it

List the areas in the latest release:

curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/areas?geography=msoa&release=2021-12-ew-bgc-v3&limit=5"

Draw them on a map with vector tiles:

curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/map-resources/msoa/2021-12-ew-bgc-v3/tiles.json"
get/areas/{geography}/{release}/{code}/geometryGet an area's shapeget/areas:containsFind areas at a point

Downloads

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.

ReleaseArea codesBoundary files
2021-12-ew-bgc-v3CSVPMTilesGeoParquet