ONS Local

The ONS Local service was established by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in spring 2023. It was set up to work alongside the Subnational Statistics and Analysis division in response to the Levelling Up White Paper, which was announced in February 2022. This lays out plans to reduce regional inequality across a range of economic and social measures.

Alongside this, ONS Local provides support to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). They have provided us with additional funding to increase our capability across several workstreams. This is to support the development and dissemination of more timely, granular, and harmonised subnational statistics.

What we do

ONS Local is an analytical advisory service for local leaders. We have dedicated analysts based across the UK who ensure that local leaders have access to data, statistics and analysis, to support evidence-based decision-making across local government.

The ONS Local analytical service offer is based on five main pillars:

analytical
data
network
strategic
building capability

Analytical

We provide analytical advice and produce analysis ourselves where needed.

Data

The ONS and wider government produce a vast range of data, which can be difficult for some users to navigate. We support users to navigate the data landscape and access data platforms. We also connect them to expert advice at ONS for specific data sets.

Network

We encourage networking across councils and other stakeholders and organise events based on analytical themes and sharing knowledge. We also support existing networks as well as creating new networks in places where these connections may be lacking.

Strategic

We use our unique position within central government to understand, identify, and align priorities for both local and central decision-makers, alongside capturing user needs.

Building capability

We are working to create sustainable change in the long-term, by improving data capability in local government.

Where we work

The ONS Local team are based across the UK, with regional leads in the nine English Regions of:

North West
North East
Yorkshire and The Humber
East Midlands
East of England
West Midlands
South West
South East
London

There are also devolved liaison officers in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These officers work closely with our coherence team to ensure requests for information and user needs remain joined up. This is particularly important for UK-wide statistics on cross-topic areas produced from local and regional data.

Our team also includes a flexible pool of analysts to support with wider cross-cutting projects.

If you have an enquiry, contact the ONS Local team by emailing ons.local@ons.gov.uk.

Events and workshops

We run a series of events, webinars and workshops to connect our users with the developments happening in subnational statistics.

ONS Local user requested data

Major occupation group breakdown by various sectors, 2011 to 2021
Published on 17 March 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

Skill level group breakdown of jobs for various sectors, London and all other regions of the UK, 2011 to 2022
Published on 24 April 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

Jobs in the digital industry in London and all other regions of the UK, 2010 to 2022
Published on 24 April 2023 from the Annual Population Survey, and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

Jobs in the digital industry in London and all other regions of the UK, 2010 to 2021
Published on 25 April 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

Personal well-being for London, broken down by age group, 2019 to 2022
Published on 28 April 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

Job quality indicators by industry, London, 2021 to 2022
Published on 5 May 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

Jobs in the creative economy in London and all other regions of the UK, 2010 to 2022
Published on 26 May 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

Job quality indicators by creative industry sub-sector, London, 2021 to 2022
Published on 16 June 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

ONS Local: All jobs in London and all other regions of the UK, by SIC section, 2010 to 2022
Published on 11 July 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

ONS Local: Jobs in the creative economy by creative industry sub-sector, London, 2010 to 2022
Published on 24 July 2023 from the Annual Population Survey and requested by Greater London Authority (GLA).

ONS Local: Number of jobs in the creative industry and occupations 2018 to 2022 for existing and forthcoming combined authority areas
Published on 24 July 2023 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: IDBR analysis of creative industry in York and North Yorkshire 2018 to 2022
Published on 2 August 2023 from the Inter-Departmental Business Register.

ONS Local: Graduates and non-graduates employed in graduate and non-graduate roles, numbers and proportions for UK countries and regions, 2021 and 2022
Published on 31 August 2023 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Employed graduates in non-graduate roles in parts of the UK, 2021 to 2022
Published on 31 August 2023 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Graduates employed in non-graduate roles, proportions for local authorities in Scotland, 2021 and 2022
Published on 31 August 2023 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Graduates employed in non-graduate roles, proportions for local authorities in Wales, 2021 and 2022
Published on 31 August 2023 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: IDBR analysis of employment by enterprise size band across Yorkshire
Published on 3 October 2023 from the Inter-Departmental Business Register.

ONS Local: Approximation of business owners by sex and disability status for the UK, English regions, and Local Enterprise Partnerships, 2014 to 2022
Published on 11 October 2023 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Overemployment in London, 2006 to 2022
Published on 22 November 2023 from the Annual Population Survey.

Digital Exclusion risk factors mapped across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Published in November 2023 from OFCOM, Census 2021, DLUHC IMD 2019, NOMIS data sources.

Broadband coverage across Norfolk mapped against age, disability and deprivation
Published in November 2023 from OFCOM and Census 2021 data sources.

Demography for Liverpool City Region 2022
Published on 7 December 2023 from the Inter-Departmental Business Register.

ONS Local: Business Ownership by Ethnicity Group in Liverpool City Region, 2017 to 2022
Published on 24 January 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Business Ownership by Ethnicity Group in the South East of England, 2022
Published on 24 January 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Business Ownership by Ethnicity Group in Greater Manchester Combined Authority, 2017 to 2022
Published on 24 January 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Approximation of employed people by disability status for the UK, English regions, and Local Enterprise Partnerships, 2014 to 2022
Published on 30 January 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: IDBR analysis of creative industry in West Yorkshire combined authority area 2018 to 2023
Published on 7 February 2024 from the Inter-Departmental Business Register.

ONS Local: Broadband coverage, age, Disability status, deprivation and claimant count, by OA and LSOA for England
Published on 16 February 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Broadband availability, demographic and deprivation factors mapped across Shropshire
Published in February 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Broadband availability, demographic and deprivation factors mapped across Herefordshire
Published in February 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Public houses and bars, London MSOAs, 2001 to 2023
Published on 1 March 2024 from the Inter-Departmental Business Register.

ONS local: Business ownership by ethnicity group in West Yorkshire, 2017 to 2022
Published on 4 March 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS local: Business ownership by ethnicity group in Lancashire County, 2017 to 2022
Published on 4 March 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Public houses and bars, London boroughs, 2001 to 2023
Published on 19 March 2024 from the Inter-Departmental Business Register. 

ONS Local: Broadband Connectivity for East Sussex
Published in March 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Broadband Connectivity for Hampshire
Published in March 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Broadband Connectivity for the County of Devon
Published in March 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Broadband availability, demographic and deprivation factors mapped across Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Published on 18 March 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Broadband Connectivity for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, England
Published on 20 March 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Broadband availability, demographic and deprivation factors mapped across Leicestershire
Published in March 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Distance travelled to work, South Yorkshire, 2011
Published on 15 April 2024 from Census 2011 data.

ONS Local: Underemployment, Low Pay and Working Patterns by Sex in West Yorkshire Combined Authority, 2021
Published on 18 April 2024 from the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Broadband Connectivity for Dorset
Published on 18 April 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: Population per Household for wards in Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon, Censuses 2001, 2011 and 2021
Published on 19 April 2024 from Census 2001, Census 2011 and Census 2021 data.

ONS Local: Reason for economic inactivity by Combined Authority, 2024
Published on 23 April 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Area profile for the Central South
Published 24 April 2024. Data pack containing the supporting data behind a presentation delivered by ONS Local at the 2023 Business South Annual Conference.

ONS Local: Broadband Connectivity for the County of Oxfordshire
Published on 22 May 2024 using Census 2021, OFCOM, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (DLUHC) and Claimant Count data (ONS).

ONS Local: London jobs in wholesale and retail, broken down by employment type, 1996 to 2022
Published on 22 May 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: London residents aged 18 to 24 years on zero hour contracts, from 2020 to 2023
Published on 22 May 2024 from the Annual Population Survey.

ONS Local: Inward and Outward migration by region and year of age for Devon County, 2011 to 2020
Published on 3 June 2024 from internal migration datasets

ONS Local: Business Ownership by ethnicity group in Wales, 2019 to 2023
Published on 12 June 2024 from the Annual Population Survey

Firm-level productivity distributions for Selected City Regions from the Annual Business Survey
Published on 20 June 2024 from the LFS

ONS Local: Population estimates by five year age band for parishes in Cornwall, mid-2022
Published on 18 July 2024 from Census 2021 data

London residents on zero hour contracts, from 2020 to 2023
Published on 24 July 2024 from the Annual Population Survey

ONS Local: Jobs in the creative economy in London and all other regions of the UK, 2010 to 2023
Published on 24 July 2024 from the Annual Population Survey

ONS Local: Jobs in the digital industry in London and all other regions of the UK, 2010 to 2023
Published on 24 July 2024 from the Annual Population Survey

ONS Local: Distance travelled to work by MSOA of origin and destination and by characteristics of usual residents, South Yorkshire Combined Authority, 2011
Published 25 July 2024 from Census 2011 data

ONS Local: Characteristics of coastal and non-coastal built-up areas in Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon local authority districts: Census 2021
Published on 14 August using 2021 Census data.

ONS Local: Population per Household for LADs, parishes, BUAs and LSOAs in Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon, 2001 to 2021
Published on 14 August using 2001, 2011 and 2021 census data.