What is my lower super output area?

A Lower Layer Super Output Area is a GEOGRAPHIC AREA. Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA) are a geographic hierarchy designed to improve the reporting of small area statistics in England and Wales.

How many output areas are there in Wales?

There are 10,036 OAs in Wales which provide the base units for the collection of 2011 Census data. Output areas are designed to have an approximate average population of 300 people with approximately 125 households.

How many MSOAs are there in Wales?

410
The total of 2011 LSOAs and MSOAs for England and Wales

How many households are in a LSOA?

1,200 households
• Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) LSOAs were constructed out of OAs and were designed to contain 1,000 to 3,000 residents and 400 to 1,200 households. Both OAs and LSOAs can be aggregated up in to either wards or MSOAs. The map below shows how both LSOAs and OAs fit within the ward of St Dunstan’s & Stepney Green.

Do LSOAs have names?

There are no names associated with LSOAs and they cut across neighbourhoods rather than aligning with real communities on the ground.

How many LSOAs are there in the UK?

32,844
Lower-Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) are small areas designed to be of a similar population size, with an average of approximately 1,500 residents or 650 households. There are 32,844 Lower-layer LSOAs in England.

What is output area classification?

The 2011 Classification for Output Areas (2011 OAC) is a hierarchical geodemographic classification across the UK which identifies areas of the country with similar characteristics. The OAC is produced as a collaboration between the Office for National Statistics and University College London.

How big is a Msoa?

English MSOAs have an average (mean) area of 19 sq km. BUT there are some giant ones so the mean is a bad measure here – the median size of an MSOA in England is 3.04 sq km. The smallest MSOA is in Hammersmith and Fulham in London and covers an area of 0.295 sq km (they all have codes, and this one is E02000378).

How many Msoa are there?

If you don’t want to scroll any further, here are the key stats for MSOAs at present: There are 7,201 of them in England (6,791) and Wales (410) and they are used to report all kinds of data (including population, Covid-19 numbers and so much more). English MSOAs have an average (mean) area of 19 sq km.

How big is an output area?

Output Areas (OAs): These are the smallest of the geographies that data is published at and have an average population of about 310 residents (the table below shows the upper and lower thresholds).

What are census output areas?

Census Output Areas (OAs) and Super Output Areas (SOAs) are geographical areas developed from Census 2001 information. regions, for example a single tower block may consist of more than one COA, whereas a large area of remote moorland may be covered by a single COA.

How many people go to Msoa?

Population of MSOAs? Well, using the latest ONS mid-year population estimates, released 9 Sept 2020, the average (mean) population of an MSOA in England was 8,288. The median was 7,985. The max was 26,513 (E09000025 in Newham) and the minimum was 2,224 (E06000053, Isles of Scilly – a single MSOA).