Statistics
Welcome to the Statistical Directorate's pages. We collect, process, interpret and publish information about Wales, and promote its use in decision making within government and beyond.
A wide range of topics are covered including demography, health, housing, education, training, agriculture, industry, the economy, local government, transport, the environment and the Welsh language.
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Lower Super Output Area Maps
Area maps for each Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Wales are now available online on the Welsh Assembly Government's StatsWales pages. LSOA is the geographic unit used in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD).
LSOAs are built from groups of Output Areas (OAs) used for the 2001 Census. There are 1,896 LSOAs in Wales each with a population of about 1,500 people. Because the size and boundaries of LSOAs have not changed since they were created in 2004, the same areas are analysed in the three recent WIMD updates (WIMD 2005, WIMD 2008 and WIMD 2008: Child Index). The maps can be used alongside each of the three updates to identify the area covered by each LSOA.
Lower Super Output Area Maps (external link)
We welcome feedback from all users of official statistics about Wales. If you have any comments, queries or suggestions about what we do and how we do it then please do get in touch. E-mail stats.pubs@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
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