CSO Electoral Divisions - National Statistical Boundaries - 2022 - Ungeneralised

CSO EDs are a statistical geography that aligns closely with the official ED boundary. EDs are comprised of whole Small Areas. In a small number of cases, CSO EDs do not align with the official boundary, where EDs are amalgated to ensure statistical confidentiality or where a change was required to ensure better CSO ED/CSO alignment.

Inspire annex III: Statistical units

Statistical unit informs on the location of statistical data and information. The principle of this theme is to provide stable and identified representations of the statistical units – and statistical data refers to these objects through their identifier. Recommendations are provided on how to give stable identifiers to statistical unit and use these identifiers to attach statistical information on them. This is particularly important if the responsibility for geometry and statistical data are shared between different institutions e.g. mapping agency and statistical offices. Other INSPIRE data specifications such as Population Distribution use this referencing mechanism.