2022 Census Digital Boundaries

All the boundary products below are shapefiles provided in ZIP format for use with 2022 Census statistics.

File specification  (Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format PDF) for 2022 boundary products.

Please note: The files below are Zipfiles, the following files are quite large so may take a few minutes to download.

2022 Output Area Boundaries

2022 Census Output Area boundaries – Extent of the Realm 
2022 Census Output Area boundaries – Clipped to the coastline 
2022 Census Output Area boundaries – Part Removed – Extent of the Realm 
2022 Census Output Area boundaries – Part Removed – Clipped to the coastline 
2022 Census Output Area Population Weighted Centroids 

2022 Census Settlement boundaries 
2022 Census Settlement centroids 

2022 Census Locality boundaries 
2022 Census Locality centroids 

2022 Census Island Groups boundaries 

2022 Frozen Postcodes Boundaries

Free access to these datasets are restricted to members of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) (Ordnance Survey website).
2022 Frozen Postcode boundaries – Extent of the Realm 
2022 Frozen Postcode boundaries – Clipped to the coastline 
2022 Frozen Postcode Grid References 

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