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The ONS is keen to establish a long term, small area geography policy which will be used for Census 2011 and Neighbourhood Statistics. The aim is to support the production of coherent and useful data that can be used with confidence by all organisations.
The consultation paper is available online. This describes all policy proposals, the background to them, and a number of attendant issues. Please take the time to get involved by responding to the survey and joining in the debate around the blog posts.
Latest Posts
- The consultation has now closed .........
- Consultation period ends this Friday (16th Feb)
- Do you use Output Areas?
- Don't forget the surveys
- How important are postcodes?
- Should boundaries be tied to the real world?
- Festive messages
- Health data? Ethnicity data? Do we need bigger areas?
- Consultation document
- OAs and SOAs - Stick or Twist?
Super Output Areas
Posted by Cllr Shirley Legate (not verified) on 11/02/2007 - 23:42
These were particularly helpful in a recent primary school review in my town, as we were able to evidence the relative deprivation in the SOA in which the school and surrounding area was located. Being able to provide the governors and the County Council with the evidence, relating so closely to that particular area, was I am sure instrumental not only in getting the primary school saved, but in having a Childrens Centre allocated to the ward I represent.
I am sure that having information at such a local depth, is beneficial to us in local government being able to target resources and services where they are much needed.
I assume Output Areas, are SOAs broken down even further. I would have thought these were only essential where very targetted information is needed, and I am not sure whether they need to be publicly accessible, if your resources are limited.
But please do not stop publishing SOA level information, it is so helpful.