2021 Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs)

This file contains the boundaries, names and codes for 2021 Census Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA) in Cheshire East as at 31 December 2021. These boundaries are created by the Office for National Statistics. Nationally, Lower Layer Super Output Areas have an average population of 1500 people or 650 households. They were updated following the 2021 Census, to reflect changes in local population. In Cheshire East, the 234 former LSOAs were updated - 11 LSOAs were abolished to become 21 new LSOAs, which were sub-divisions of the former LSOA boundaries. The whole of England and Wales can be broken down into these constituent areas. Output areas (OAs) nestle within the boundaries of Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs), LSOAs nestle within the boundaries of Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) and MSOAs nestle within the boundaries of Local Authorities. Boundary data sources used by permission of relevant providers © Crown Copyright Ordnance Survey and National Statistics.