Boundaries & Area Definitions
Census Output Areas
Output Areas (OAs): Output Areas are clusters of postcodes with a fixed boundary. They have an average of 125 households or 300 residents.
- For maps, please contact the district data analyst
Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs): These are clusters of (typically) four to six OAs, with an average of 1,500 residents.
- Map of LSOAs in Cherwell by code
- Map of LSOAs in Cherwell by name
- Map of LSOAs in South Oxfordshire by code
- Map of LSOAs in South Oxfordshire by name
- Map of LSOAs in Vale of White Horse by code
- Map of LSOAs in Vale of White Horse by name
- Map of LSOAs in West Oxfordshire by code
- Map of LSOAs in West Oxfordshire by name
Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs): These are clusters of LSOAs with an average of 7,200 residents.
- List of MSOAs and the Oxfordshire settlements they cover
- Map of MSOAs of Wallingford & Cholsey
- Map of MSOAs in West Oxfordshire
- Map of MSOAs of Oxfordshire (external link)
Wards
Wards are an electoral and administrative area.
- List of Oxfordshire Wards (with codes) 2003 and 2011
- Map of Oxfordshire Ward Boundary Changes
The various districts have had boundary changes since the Census, as follows.
- Cherwell: new wards implemented 2016
- Oxford: consultation on boundary changes is in progress at time of writing (Nov 2018)
- South Oxfordshire: new wards implemented 2015
- Vale of White Horse: new wards implemented 2015
- West Oxfordshire: minor boundary changes in 2014 and 2016.
Civil Parishes
Civil Parishes are an administrative geography. For maps and further information, please contact the district data analyst. For individual parish reports, follow the links for each district.
Other Resources
Oxfordshire Insight has a similar quick summary of output geographies. In particular the following might be useful:
- Interactive map of Oxfordshire with different types of area boundaries (ward, output area, parish etc.)
- Interactive table for looking up the correspondence between parishes and output areas