This document sets out the general principles for the standard presentation of statistics in the UK and is now available in accessible format.  (File Size - 79 KB)

This guidance note sets out the recommended standard presentation of statistics for police force areas at regional and sub-regional levels in the UK.

This document sets out the recommended standard presentation of statistics for 2011 travel to work areas in the UK.

This guidance note sets out the recommended standard presentation of statistics for health areas within the countries and regions of the UK. (File Size 125 KB)

This guidance note sets out the recommended standard presentation of statistics for electoral areas within the countries and regions of the UK and is now available in accessible...

The document explains the differences between the different boundary sets that ONS Geography provides. Valid from 2021.  (File Size - 500 KB)

This document sets out the recommended standard presentation of statistics for administrative areas at regional and sub-regional levels in the UK. This version of the guidance...

The document explains the changes to output areas and super output areas between 2011 and 2021 in England and Wales.

A PDF map showing the Area Classification (2011) for Output Areas (Supergroups) in the United Kingdom. (File Size - 25 MB)

As at 1st April 2009 in England. The document shows the pre-reorganisation counties and local authority districts and the post reorganisation unitary authorities in England....

An overview document of workplace zones for workplace statistics. Workplace Zones are an output geography, produced using workplace data from the 2011 Census for England and...

The document explains the coding and naming policy for UK statistical geographies.  (File Size - 616 KB)

This document provides information about population weighted centroids for workplace zones and the methodology to produce them.  (File Size - 39 KB)

This GSS Geography Policy sets out the principles of those standards. The document provides best practice guidance on the geographic reference data to use, and how to use it so...

This document provides an introduction to the Urban Audit VII and the geographies of Urban Audit VII.  (File Size - 1 MB)

This document provides information about 2021 population weighted centroids and the methodology to produce them.  (File Size - 356 KB)

The document provides information for the 2011 Rural-Urban Classification For Small Area Geographies. For downloadable datasets please see the ONS Geography web pages  (File...

This User Guide contains information about the NSPL including: directory content; data currency; the methodology for assigning areas to postcodes; data formats; data quality and...

This User Guide contains information about the ONSPD including: directory content; data currency; the methodology for assigning areas to postcodes; data formats; data quality...

This User Guide contains information about the ONSPD including: directory content; data currency; the methodology for assigning areas to postcodes; data formats; data quality...