Notice

21 August 2024

Productivity data (GVA per Job) for Northern Ireland for both travel to work areas and for towns (settlements) have not been included in this update. Work to calculate these data is currently underway, and the tables will be updated to include these data once they are available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

About this Dataset

Breaking down local authority level annual gross value added (GVA) statistics to lower levels of geography. These are official statistics in development.

Edition in this dataset

1998 to 2022 edition of this dataset

1998 to 2021 edition of this dataset

1998 to 2020 edition of this dataset

1998 to 2019 edition of this dataset

Previous versions of this data are available.

Important notes and usage information

A note to users

We have produced granular GVA data for Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA, in England and Wales), Data Zone (DZ, in Scotland) and Super Output Area (SOA, in Northern Ireland) levels, which we call “building blocks”. These building blocks can be aggregated to build larger geographical areas for analysis and comparison. The building blocks data are consistent with our latest Regional economic activity by gross domestic product, UK release

This additional dataset contains aggregate estimates of GVA constructed from those building blocks. We provided a range of additional geographic areas in common use across the UK and its constituent countries, as a service to avoid many users having to do this for themselves. We have also included some selected bespoke areas used in development of these data, to illustrate the flexibility of the building block method. For additional value to users, we have also provided labour productivity estimates (GVA per job filled) for towns, cities, and travel to work areas. These productivity estimates are consistent with our latest Regional and subregional labour productivity, UK bulletin

In some cases, it has not been possible to perfectly match the boundaries of the area required. A “best fit” approach has been used to aggregate all the building blocks whose centroid lies within the target area. For larger areas, the relatively small inaccuracies tend to balance out, leaving results that are still generally reliable. For smaller aggregate areas, like wards, these approximations can result in considerable GVA activity being assigned to the wrong ward. We advise additional caution in interpreting the results for wards included in this publication.

We welcome feedback from users on this dataset. Please contact Regional Accounts at regionalaccounts@ons.gov.uk.

Contact details for this dataset

Regional Accounts team
regionalaccounts@ons.gov.uk
+44 1633 456878

Publications that use this data