Online census responses by LSOA, England and Wales

Not official statistics

The share of households in each of England's and Wales's 34,753 LSOAs of 2011 that answered Census 2021 online, and the ONS's Digital Propensity Index: the share each would have given had every household there first been invited to answer online, with 95% confidence limits where the ONS modelled it.

Hackney 029B (E01001728)

74.8%

Census 2021 · the LSOA with the lowest digital propensity

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:58 UTC

Where each area's figures are

34,753 small areas on England's LSOAs of 2011 and Wales's LSOAs of 2011, too many to chart. Each area's figures are on its council's page, under Small areas, with every other dataset's for the same council; the councils are listed below. The whole file is in the CSV and JSON.

The hub keeps each figure on the area its file gives, never moved onto another year's areas. An area is found under the council the ONS's output area lookups put it in, or for Scotland and Northern Ireland the area register; an LSOA of 2011 that ended in 2021, which no lookup of today holds, under the council its own file names. 34,682 of the 34,753 are under a council with a page.

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Councils

34,753 small areas on England's LSOAs of 2011 and Wales's LSOAs of 2011, in 4 measures

Council	Areas
Adur E07000223	42
Amber Valley E07000032	78
Arun E07000224	94
Ashfield E07000170	74
Ashford E07000105	78
Babergh E07000200	54
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	110
Barnet E09000003	211
Barnsley E08000038	146
Barnsley, its area before 1 April 2025 E08000016	1
Basildon E07000066	110
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	109
Bassetlaw E07000171	70
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	115
Bedford E06000055	103
Bexley E09000004	146
Birmingham E08000025	639
Blaby E07000129	60
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	91
Blackpool E06000009	94
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	47
Bolsover E07000033	48
Bolton E08000001	177
Boston E07000136	36
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	233
Bracknell Forest E06000036	75
Bradford E08000032	310
Braintree E07000067	87
Breckland E07000143	78
Brent E09000005	173
Brentwood E07000068	46
Bridgend W06000013	88
Brighton and Hove E06000043	165
Bristol, City of E06000023	263
Broadland E07000144	84
Bromley E09000006	197
Bromsgrove E07000234	58
Broxbourne E07000095	56
Broxtowe E07000172	71
Buckinghamshire E06000060	319
Burnley E07000117	60
Bury E08000002	120
Caerphilly W06000018	110
Calderdale E08000033	128
Cambridge E07000008	69
Camden E09000007	133
Cannock Chase E07000192	60
Canterbury E07000106	90
Cardiff W06000015	214
Carmarthenshire W06000010	112
Castle Point E07000069	57
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	157
Ceredigion W06000008	46
Charnwood E07000130	99
Chelmsford E07000070	107
Cheltenham E07000078	75
Cherwell E07000177	93
Cheshire East E06000049	234
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	212
Chesterfield E07000034	69
Chichester E07000225	71
Chorley E07000118	66
City of London E09000001	6
Colchester E07000071	105
Conwy W06000003	71
Cornwall E06000052	326
Cotswold E07000079	51
County Durham E06000047	324
Coventry E08000026	195
Crawley E07000226	66
Croydon E09000008	220
Cumberland E06000063	169
Dacorum E07000096	94
Darlington E06000005	65
Dartford E07000107	58
Denbighshire W06000004	58
Derby E06000015	151
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	43
Doncaster E08000017	194
Dorset E06000059	219
Dover E07000108	67
Dudley E08000027	201
Ealing E09000009	196
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	50
East Devon E07000040	81
East Hampshire E07000085	72
East Hertfordshire E07000242	84
East Lindsey E07000137	81
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	210
East Staffordshire E07000193	72
East Suffolk E07000244	146
Eastbourne E07000061	61
Eastleigh E07000086	77
Elmbridge E07000207	81
Enfield E09000010	183
Epping Forest E07000072	78
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	44
Erewash E07000036	73
Exeter E07000041	74
Fareham E07000087	73
Fenland E07000010	55
Flintshire W06000005	92
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	67
Forest of Dean E07000080	50
Fylde E07000119	51
Gateshead E08000037	126
Gedling E07000173	77
Gloucester E07000081	78
Gosport E07000088	53
Gravesham E07000109	64
Great Yarmouth E07000145	61
Greenwich E09000011	151
Guildford E07000209	84
Gwynedd W06000002	73
Hackney E09000012	144
Halton E06000006	79
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	113
Harborough E07000131	47
Haringey E09000014	145
Harlow E07000073	54
Harrow E09000015	137
Hart E07000089	57
Hartlepool E06000001	58
Hastings E07000062	53
Havant E07000090	78
Havering E09000016	150
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	116
Hertsmere E07000098	62
High Peak E07000037	59
Hillingdon E09000017	161
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	66
Horsham E07000227	81
Hounslow E09000018	142
Huntingdonshire E07000011	105
Hyndburn E07000120	52
Ipswich E07000202	85
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	44
Isle of Wight E06000046	89
Isles of Scilly E06000053	1
Islington E09000019	123
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	103
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	89
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	166
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	98
Kirklees E08000034	259
Knowsley E08000011	98
Lambeth E09000022	178
Lancaster E07000121	89
Leeds E08000035	482
Leicester E06000016	192
Lewes E07000063	62
Lewisham E09000023	169
Lichfield E07000194	58
Lincoln E07000138	57
Liverpool E08000012	298
Luton E06000032	121
Maidstone E07000110	95
Maldon E07000074	40
Malvern Hills E07000235	45
Manchester E08000003	282
Mansfield E07000174	67
Medway E06000035	163
Melton E07000133	30
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	36
Merton E09000024	124
Mid Devon E07000042	43
Mid Suffolk E07000203	56
Mid Sussex E07000228	86
Middlesbrough E06000002	86
Milton Keynes E06000042	152
Mole Valley E07000210	54
Monmouthshire W06000021	56
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	91
New Forest E07000091	114
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	70
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	175
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	80
Newham E09000025	164
Newport W06000022	95
North Devon E07000043	58
North East Derbyshire E07000038	63
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	106
North Hertfordshire E07000099	82
North Kesteven E07000139	64
North Lincolnshire E06000013	101
North Norfolk E07000147	62
North Northamptonshire E06000061	185
North Somerset E06000024	135
North Tyneside E08000022	131
North Warwickshire E07000218	38
North West Leicestershire E07000134	58
North Yorkshire E06000065	350
Northumberland E06000057	197
Norwich E07000148	83
Nottingham E06000018	182
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	81
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	36
Oldham E08000004	141
Oxford E07000178	83
Pembrokeshire W06000009	71
Pendle E07000122	57
Peterborough E06000031	112
Plymouth E06000026	161
Portsmouth E06000044	125
Powys W06000023	79
Preston E07000123	86
Reading E06000038	97
Redbridge E09000026	161
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	88
Redditch E07000236	55
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	86
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	154
Ribble Valley E07000124	40
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	115
Rochdale E08000005	134
Rochford E07000075	53
Rossendale E07000125	43
Rother E07000064	58
Rotherham E08000018	167
Rugby E07000220	61
Runnymede E07000212	52
Rushcliffe E07000176	68
Rushmoor E07000092	58
Rutland E06000017	23
Salford E08000006	150
Sandwell E08000028	186
Sefton E08000014	189
Sevenoaks E07000111	74
Sheffield E08000039	338
Sheffield, its area before 1 April 2025 E08000019	7
Shropshire E06000051	193
Slough E06000039	80
Solihull E08000029	134
Somerset E06000066	313
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	96
South Derbyshire E07000039	58
South Gloucestershire E06000025	165
South Hams E07000044	49
South Holland E07000140	49
South Kesteven E07000141	81
South Norfolk E07000149	81
South Oxfordshire E07000179	89
South Ribble E07000126	70
South Staffordshire E07000196	68
South Tyneside E08000023	102
Southampton E06000045	148
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	107
Southwark E09000028	166
Spelthorne E07000213	60
St Albans E07000240	87
St. Helens E08000013	119
Stafford E07000197	80
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	59
Stevenage E07000243	52
Stockport E08000007	190
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	120
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	159
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	73
Stroud E07000082	69
Sunderland E08000024	185
Surrey Heath E07000214	55
Sutton E09000029	121
Swale E07000113	85
Swansea W06000011	148
Swindon E06000030	132
Tameside E08000008	141
Tamworth E07000199	51
Tandridge E07000215	50
Teignbridge E07000045	84
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	108
Tendring E07000076	89
Test Valley E07000093	71
Tewkesbury E07000083	50
Thanet E07000114	84
Three Rivers E07000102	53
Thurrock E06000034	98
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	72
Torbay E06000027	89
Torfaen W06000020	60
Torridge E07000046	37
Tower Hamlets E09000030	144
Trafford E08000009	138
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	68
Uttlesford E07000077	46
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	79
Vale of White Horse E07000180	76
Wakefield E08000036	209
Walsall E08000030	167
Waltham Forest E09000031	144
Wandsworth E09000032	179
Warrington E06000007	127
Warwick E07000222	86
Watford E07000103	53
Waverley E07000216	82
Wealden E07000065	95
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	67
West Berkshire E06000037	97
West Devon E07000047	31
West Lancashire E07000127	73
West Lindsey E07000142	52
West Northamptonshire E06000062	218
West Oxfordshire E07000181	66
West Suffolk E07000245	100
Westminster E09000033	128
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	137
Wigan E08000010	200
Wiltshire E06000054	285
Winchester E07000094	70
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	89
Wirral E08000015	206
Woking E07000217	61
Wokingham E06000041	99
Wolverhampton E08000031	158
Worcester E07000237	63
Worthing E07000229	65
Wrexham W06000006	85
Wychavon E07000238	78
Wyre E07000128	69
Wyre Forest E07000239	65
York E06000014	120

71 areas found under no council with a page

These are 2011 areas that ended in 2021, which the ONS's lookups of today do not hold, whose own file names a council that has since gone or changed its code, or areas a lookup splits between councils. Their figures are in the CSV and JSON.

E01019103, E01019105, E01019140, E01019174, E01019213, E01019214, E01019263, E01019268, E01019276, E01019297, E01019341, E01019342, E01019367, E01019398, E01019399, E01026977, E01026978, E01026990, E01026997, E01027014, E01027068, E01027077, E01027101, E01027110, E01027124, E01027206, E01027223, E01027266, E01027276, E01027315, E01027349, E01027581, E01027611, E01027621, E01027664, E01027750, E01027754, E01027785, E01027789, E01027831, E01027832, E01027846, E01027848, E01027869, E01027870, E01027898, E01027905, E01027910, E01027911, E01027912, E01027917, E01029026, E01029035, E01029061, E01029069, E01029090, E01029140, E01029160, E01029234, E01029253, E01029309, E01029314, E01029318, E01032629, E01032630, E01032968, E01032975, E01032977, E01033065, E01033066, E01033183

Download CSV and JSON, zipped

The CSV and the JSON with full provenance come together in one zip, as the files by small area are large.

Source and licence

Publisher

Office for National Statistics

Check it yourself

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/householdcharacteristics/homeinternetandsocialmediausage/datasets/digitalpropensityindexforcensus2021atlowerlayersuperoutputareaslsoasenglandandwales

Licence

Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Retrieved

29 October 2026, 11:49 UTC

Raw files fetched

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Verification

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:58 UTC Run at 29 October 2026, 11:58 UTC; 139012 of 139012 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-29T11:49:24Z; 6 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	6 of 6 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	139012 of 139012 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	139012 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	139012 of 139012 figures match exactly after downloading 6 source file(s) again (6 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	ONS edition is current	the current edition counts at 2021-03-21, 2048 days before retrieval (limit 4000)
Pass	The index's limits are the paper-first LSOAs'	3,984 paper-first LSOAs' index lies within its 95% limits and no online-first LSOA has limits; 21,291 of 30,769 online-first LSOAs' index is their online share of returns exactly, the other 9,478 +0.1 to +0.9 points from it
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/householdcharacteristics/homeinternetandsocialmediausage/datasets/digitalpropensityindexforcensus2021atlowerlayersuperoutputareaslsoasenglandandwales – HTTP 200

Notes

The ONS says of both releases: the data presented are NOT official statistics on either the census or population. They give the online and paper share of the responses received, not response rates.
The online share is the share of household addresses that answered online, of all that answered. Some areas were invited to answer on paper first, so their online share is low by design: the Digital Propensity Index gives an online-first area's own share and, for a paper-first area, the ONS's modelled estimate of the share it would have given online first, with its 95% confidence limits.
In about a third of the online-first LSOAs the index is up to 0.9 points above the online share the 2021 release gives; neither release says why.
The ONS gives each as a fraction to three decimal places, which the hub shows as a percentage. On England's and Wales's LSOAs of 2011, as both files give them.