FOI REF: FOI-2023-1528
You asked
Please could I request the same information contained within the dataset 'Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales' for the financial year 2020, but split by the 2021 Census Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA), instead of the 2011 Census MSOA areas. I was hoping to use the estimates in conjunction with the 2021 Census' Data.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We recently published the following analysis, Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk), for the financial year ending March 2020. The dataset includes estimates of mean household income modelled for each of the 7,201 2011 Census Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) in England and Wales.
It should be noted that the vast majority of MSOAs (98%) were unchanged between the 2011 and the 2021 systems in both name and geography. Therefore, the estimates for these MSOAs will be exactly as published.
We do not hold the specific analysis requested and would need to create new information via our bespoke service route to provide this. Estimates based on the 2021 MSOAs may be available via our bespoke services route. To discuss this request further, please email economic.wellbeing@ons.gov.uk. Please note, this service is subject to legal frameworks, resources, disclosure controls and an agreement on costs in line with our charging policy, depending on the amount of time taken to develop the analyses and undertake quality and disclosure control processes.