Lower Layer Super Output Areas

There are 34,753 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England (32,844) and Wales (1,909).

These were first built using 2001 Census data from groups of Output Areas (typically four to six) and have been updated following the 2011 Census. They have an average of 1,600 residents and 670 households.

1.1% of LSOAs were changed following the 2011 Census. In Staffordshire there has been a small change to LSOAs which can be viewed in the excel spreadsheet below with M meaning areas have been merged, S meaning areas have been split and U meaning areas are unchanged:

Staffordshire LSOAs Lookup 2001 to 2011 (EXCEL, 0.01MB)

There are 529 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Staffordshire. Each LSOA has a code ranging from E01029345 to E01033257 and are used as the building blocks for other local boundaries.

Below are two lists of LSOAs in Staffordshire containing the Wards and Districts they fall into:

 LSOA in Staffordshire (New codes) (EXCEL, 0.09MB)

 LSOA in Staffordshire (Old codes) (EXCEL, 0.09MB)

For the LSOA maps covering districts within Staffordshire see the Interactive Boundary Map.