NUTS 1 regions of the United Kingdom | |
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Category | Statistical regions |
Location | United Kingdom |
Created | 1994 |
Number | 12 (as at 2010) |
Possible status | Region of England (9) |
Country of the United Kingdom (3) | |
Populations | 1.8–9 million |
Subdivisions | NUTS 2 regions |
In the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes of the United Kingdom (UK), the three levels are:
Level | Corresponding subdivisions | # |
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NUTS 1 | Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 9 statistical regions in England |
12 |
NUTS 2 | Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland |
40 |
NUTS 3 | counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland |
174 |
NUTS 2015 codes (now superseded)[]
NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
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North East, England | UKC | Tees Valley and Durham | UKC1 | Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees | UKC11 |
South Teesside (Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland) | UKC12 | ||||
Darlington | UKC13 | ||||
Durham | UKC14 | ||||
Northumberland and Tyne and Wear | UKC2 | Northumberland | UKC21 | ||
Tyneside (Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside) | UKC22 | ||||
Sunderland | UKC23 | ||||
North West, England | UKD | Cumbria | UKD1 | West Cumbria (Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Copeland) | UKD11 |
East Cumbria (Carlisle, Eden, South Lakeland) | UKD12 | ||||
Cheshire | UKD6 | Warrington | UKD61 | ||
Cheshire East | UKD62 | ||||
Cheshire West and Chester | UKD63 | ||||
Greater Manchester | UKD3 | Manchester | UKD33 | ||
Greater Manchester South West (Salford and Trafford) | UKD34 | ||||
Greater Manchester South East (Stockport and Tameside) | UKD35 | ||||
Greater Manchester North West (Bolton and Wigan) | UKD36 | ||||
Greater Manchester North East (Bury, Oldham and Rochdale) | UKD37 | ||||
Lancashire | UKD4 | Blackburn with Darwen | UKD41 | ||
Blackpool | UKD42 | ||||
Lancaster and Wyre | UKD44 | ||||
Mid Lancashire (Fylde, Preston, Ribble Valley and South Ribble) | UKD45 | ||||
East Lancashire (Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale) | UKD46 | ||||
Chorley and West Lancashire | UKD47 | ||||
Merseyside | UKD7 | East Merseyside (Knowsley, St Helens and Halton) | UKD71 | ||
Liverpool | UKD72 | ||||
Sefton | UKD73 | ||||
Wirral | UKD74 | ||||
Yorkshire and the Humber, England | UKE | East Riding and North Lincolnshire | UKE1 | Kingston upon Hull | UKE11 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | UKE12 | ||||
North and North East Lincolnshire | UKE13 | ||||
North Yorkshire | UKE2 | York | UKE21 | ||
North Yorkshire CC | UKE22 | ||||
South Yorkshire | UKE3 | Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham | UKE31 | ||
Sheffield | UKE32 | ||||
West Yorkshire | UKE4 | Bradford | UKE41 | ||
Leeds | UKE42 | ||||
Calderdale and Kirklees | UKE44 | ||||
Wakefield | UKE45 | ||||
East Midlands, England | UKF | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | UKF1 | Derby | UKF11 |
East Derbyshire (Bolsover, Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire) | UKF12 | ||||
South and West Derbyshire (Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, South Derbyshire) | UKF13 | ||||
Nottingham | UKF14 | ||||
North Nottinghamshire (Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood) | UKF15 | ||||
South Nottinghamshire (Broxtowe, Gedling, Rushcliffe) | UKF16 | ||||
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | UKF2 | Leicester | UKF21 | ||
Leicestershire CC and Rutland | UKF22 | ||||
West Northamptonshire (Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire) | UKF24 | ||||
North Northamptonshire (East Northamptonshire, Corby, Wellingborough and Kettering) | UKF25 | ||||
Lincolnshire | UKF3 | Lincolnshire CC | UKF30 | ||
West Midlands, England | UKG | Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | UKG1 | Herefordshire | UKG11 |
Worcestershire CC | UKG12 | ||||
Warwickshire CC | UKG13 | ||||
Shropshire and Staffordshire | UKG2 | Telford and Wrekin | UKG21 | ||
Shropshire | UKG22 | ||||
Stoke-on-Trent | UKG23 | ||||
Staffordshire CC | UKG24 | ||||
West Midlands | UKG3 | Birmingham | UKG31 | ||
Solihull | UKG32 | ||||
Coventry | UKG33 | ||||
Dudley | UKG36 | ||||
Sandwell | UKG37 | ||||
Walsall | UKG38 | ||||
Wolverhampton | UKG39 | ||||
East of England | UKH | East Anglia | UKH1 | Peterborough | UKH11 |
Cambridgeshire CC | UKH12 | ||||
Suffolk | UKH14 | ||||
Norwich and East Norfolk (Broadland and Great Yarmouth) | UKH15 | ||||
North and West Norfolk | UKH16 | ||||
Breckland and South Norfolk | UKH17 | ||||
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | UKH2 | Luton | UKH21 | ||
Bedford | UKH24 | ||||
Central Bedfordshire | UKH25 | ||||
Hertfordshire | UKH23 | ||||
Essex | UKH3 | Southend-on-Sea | UKH31 | ||
Thurrock | UKH32 | ||||
Essex Haven Gateway (Braintree, Colchester and Tendring) | UKH34 | ||||
West Essex (Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford) | UKH35 | ||||
Heart of Essex (Brentwood, Chelmsford and Maldon) | UKH36 | ||||
Essex Thames Gateway (Basildon, Castle Point and Rochford) | UKH37 | ||||
London, England | UKI | Inner London - West | UKI3 | Camden and City of London | UKI31 |
Westminster | UKI32 | ||||
Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea | UKI33 | ||||
Wandsworth | UKI34 | ||||
Inner London - East | UKI4 | Hackney and Newham | UKI41 | ||
Tower Hamlets | UKI42 | ||||
Haringey and Islington | UKI43 | ||||
Lewisham and Southwark | UKI44 | ||||
Lambeth | UKI45 | ||||
Outer London - East and North East | UKI5 | Bexley and Greenwich | UKI51 | ||
Barking & Dagenham and Havering | UKI52 | ||||
Redbridge and Waltham Forest | UKI53 | ||||
Enfield | UKI54 | ||||
Outer London - South | UKI6 | Bromley | UKI61 | ||
Croydon | UKI62 | ||||
Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | UKI63 | ||||
Outer London - West and North West | UKI7 | Barnet | UKI71 | ||
Brent | UKI72 | ||||
Ealing | UKI73 | ||||
Harrow and Hillingdon | UKI74 | ||||
Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames | UKI75 | ||||
South East, England | UKJ | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire | UKJ1 | Berkshire | UKJ11 |
Milton Keynes | UKJ12 | ||||
Buckinghamshire CC | UKJ13 | ||||
Oxfordshire | UKJ14 | ||||
Surrey, East and West Sussex | UKJ2 | Brighton and Hove | UKJ21 | ||
East Sussex CC | UKJ22 | ||||
West Surrey (Elmbridge, Guildford, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Waverley and Woking) | UKJ25 | ||||
East Surrey (Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead and Tandridge) | UKJ26 | ||||
West Sussex (South West) - (Adur, Arun, Chichester and Worthing) | UKJ27 | ||||
West Sussex (North East) - (Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex) | UKJ28 | ||||
Hampshire and Isle of Wight | UKJ3 | Portsmouth | UKJ31 | ||
Southampton | UKJ32 | ||||
Isle of Wight | UKJ34 | ||||
South Hampshire (Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport and Havant) | UKJ35 | ||||
Central Hampshire (East Hampshire, New Forest, Test Valley and Winchester) | UKJ36 | ||||
North Hampshire (Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and Rushmoor) | UKJ37 | ||||
Kent | UKJ4 | Medway | UKJ41 | ||
Kent Thames Gateway (Dartford, Gravesham and Swale) | UKJ43 | ||||
East Kent (Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe and Thanet) | UKJ44 | ||||
Mid Kent (Ashford and Maidstone) | UKJ45 | ||||
West Kent (Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells) | UKJ46 | ||||
South West, England | UKK | Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area | UKK1 | Bristol | UKK11 |
Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire | UKK12 | ||||
Gloucestershire CC | UKK13 | ||||
Swindon | UKK14 | ||||
Wiltshire | UKK15 | ||||
Dorset and Somerset | UKK2 | Bournemouth and Poole | UKK21 | ||
Dorset CC | UKK22 | ||||
Somerset | UKK23 | ||||
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | UKK3 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | UKK30 | ||
Devon | UKK4 | Plymouth | UKK41 | ||
Torbay | UKK42 | ||||
Devon CC | UKK43 | ||||
Wales | UKL | West Wales and The Valleys | UKL1 | Isle of Anglesey | UKL11 |
Gwynedd | UKL12 | ||||
Conwy and Denbighshire | UKL13 | ||||
South West Wales (Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire) | UKL14 | ||||
Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff) | UKL15 | ||||
Gwent Valleys (Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen) | UKL16 | ||||
Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot | UKL17 | ||||
Swansea | UKL18 | ||||
East Wales | UKL2 | Monmouthshire and Newport | UKL21 | ||
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | UKL22 | ||||
Flintshire and Wrexham | UKL23 | ||||
Powys | UKL24 | ||||
Scotland | UKM | Eastern Scotland | UKM2 | Angus and Dundee | UKM21 |
Clackmannanshire and Fife | UKM22 | ||||
East Lothian and Midlothian | UKM23 | ||||
Scottish Borders | UKM24 | ||||
Edinburgh | UKM25 | ||||
Falkirk | UKM26 | ||||
Perth and Kinross, and Stirling | UKM27 | ||||
West Lothian | UKM28 | ||||
South Western Scotland | UKM3 | East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond | UKM31 | ||
Dumfries and Galloway | UKM32 | ||||
East and North Ayrshire mainland | UKM33 | ||||
Glasgow | UKM34 | ||||
Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire | UKM35 | ||||
North Lanarkshire | UKM36 | ||||
South Ayrshire | UKM37 | ||||
South Lanarkshire | UKM38 | ||||
North Eastern Scotland | UKM5 | Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire | UKM50 | ||
Highlands and Islands | UKM6 | Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty | UKM61 | ||
Inverness, Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey | UKM62 | ||||
Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute (except Helensburgh and Lomond) | UKM63 | ||||
Eilean Siar (Western Isles) | UKM64 | ||||
Orkney Islands | UKM65 | ||||
Shetland Islands | UKM66 | ||||
Northern Ireland | UKN | Northern Ireland | UKN0 | Belfast | UKN01 |
Outer Belfast (Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, North Down) | UKN02 | ||||
East of Northern Ireland (Antrim, Ards, Ballymena, Banbridge, Craigavon, Down, Larne) | UKN03 | ||||
North of Northern Ireland (Ballymoney, Coleraine, Derry, Limavady, Moyle, Strabane) | UKN04 | ||||
West and South of Northern Ireland (Armagh, Cookstown, Dungannon, Fermanagh, Magherafelt, Newry and Mourne, Omagh) | UKN05 | ||||
Extra-regio NUTS 1 | UKZ | Extra-regio NUTS 2 | UKZZ | Extra-regio NUTS 3 | UKZZZ |
Demographic statistics by NUTS 1 region[]
The 12 NUTS regions of the United Kingdom are listed below. Population numbers are for mid-2019, and areas are in square kilometers. Data is from the Office for National Statistics.[1]
NUTS 1 region | Population | Area (km2) |
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East Midlands | 4,835,928 | 15,623 |
East of England | 6,236,072 | 19,119 |
Greater London | 8,961,989 | 1,572 |
Northern Ireland | 1,893,667 | 13,793 |
North East England | 2,669,941 | 8,574 |
North West England | 7,341,196 | 14,107 |
Scotland | 5,463,300 | 77,911 |
South East England | 9,180,135 | 19,072 |
South West England | 5,624,696 | 23,837 |
Wales | 3,152,879 | 20,736 |
West Midlands | 5,934,037 | 12,998 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 5,502,967 | 15,405 |
United Kingdom | 66,796,807 | 242,749 |
History[]
NUTS 2003[]
In the first version in 2003, North Eastern Scotland (which then included part of Moray) was coded UKM1, and Highlands and Islands was coded UKM4.
The current NUTS level 1 codes start with "C" (following "UK") rather than "1" because the new list reflected the revised regions of England and local government changes throughout the UK; "1" to "B" had been used for the 11 regions in the previous coding system.
NUTS 2006[]
NUTS 2006 came into force on 1 January 2008.[2]
NUTS 2010[]
NUTS 2010 came into force on 1 January 2012.[2]
2010 changes to NUTS 2 also resulting in changes with NUTS 3 regions
- The combined area of UKD2 (Cheshire pre-2010) and UKD5 (Merseyside pre-2010) were replaced by UKD6 (Cheshire post-2010) and UKD7 (Merseyside post-2010), due to the transfer of Halton to the Merseyside NUTS region from Cheshire. This resulted in the following changes to the underlying NUTS 3 areas: UKD22 (Cheshire CC) being split into UKD62 (Cheshire East) and UKD63 (Cheshire West and Chester); The areas of Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral were not changed as NUTS 3 areas however to reflect their transfer within NUTS 2 areas were respectively renumbered from (UKD52 to UKD72; UKD53 to UKD 73 and UKD54 to UKD 74). The two areas of UKD51 (East Merseyside pre 2010) and UKD21 (Halton and Warrington) were amended by the transfer of Halton from the latter to former to form the new areas of UKD71 (East Merseyside post-2010) and UKD61 (Warrington).
2010 changes to NUTS 3 areas without changes occurring to NUTS 2 areas
- UKE43 (Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield) was replaced by UKE44 (Calderdale and Kirklees) and UKE45 (Wakefield)
- UKF23 (Northamptonshire) was replaced by UKF24 (West Northamptonshire) and UKF25 (North Northamptonshire)
- UKG34 (Dudley and Sandwell) was replaced by UKG36 (Dudley) and UKG37 (Sandwell)
- UKG35 (Walsall and Wolverhampton) was replaced by UKG38 (Walsall) and UKG39 (Wolverhampton).
- Bedfordshire CC UKH22 was replaced by UKH24 (Bedford) and UKH25 (Central Bedfordshire)
NUTS 2013[]
NUTS 2013 came into force on 1 January 2015.[2]
2015 changes to NUTS 3 areas without changes to NUTS 2 areas:
- UKJ42 (Kent CC) was replaced by UKJ43 (Kent Thames Gateway) UKJ44 (East Kent) UKJ45 (Mid Kent) UKJ46 (West Kent)
- UKJ23 (Surrey) was replaced by UKJ25 (West Surrey) and UKJ26 (East Surrey)
- UKJ24 (West Sussex) was replaced by UKJ27 (West Sussex South West) and UKJ28 (West Sussex North East)
- UKJ33 (Hampshire CC) was replaced by UKJ35 (South Hampshire), UKJ36 (Central Hampshire), UKJ37 (North Hampshire)
- UKD43 (Lancashire CC) was replaced by UKD44 (Lancaster and Wyre), UKD45 (Mid Lancashire), UKD46 (East Lancashire) and UKD47 (Chorley and West Lancashire)
- UKD31 (Greater Manchester South) was replaced by UKD33 (Manchester), UKD34 (Greater Manchester South West) and UKD35 (Greater Manchester South East)
- UKD32 (Greater Manchester North) was replaced by UKD36 (Greater Manchester North West) and UKD37 (Greater Manchester North East)
- UKH13 (Norfolk) was replaced by UKH15 (Norwich and East Norfolk), UKH16 (North and West Norfolk) and UKH17 (Breckland and South Norfolk)
- UKH33 (Essex CC) was replaced by UKH34 (Essex Haven Gateway), UKH35 (West Essex), UKH36 (Heart of Essex) and UKH37 (Essex Thames Gateway)
In 2015 the Greater London NUTS 1 area was left unchanged however the previous NUTS 2 area of inner and outer London were abolished and with the previous NUTS 3 areas becoming NUTS 2 areas. Thus NUTS 2 of Inner London West UKI11 becoming the NUTS 3 area of UKI3 and likewise: Inner London East (from UKI12 to UKI4), Outer London East and North East (from UKI21 to UKI5), Outer London South (from UKI22 to UKI6) and Outer London West and North West (from UKI23 to UKI7). The NUTS 3 areas are now a single or a group of two or three boroughs.
NUTS 2016[]
- UKM2 (Eastern Scotland) is replaced with UKM7 (Eastern Scotland) along with associated NUTS 3 areas
- UKM3 (South Western Scotland) is replaced with UKM8 (West Central Scotland) and UKM9 (Southern Scotland)
Local administrative units[]
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
Level | Subdivisions | # |
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LAU 1 | Lower tier authorities (districts) or individual unitary authorities (England and Wales); Individual unitary authorities or LECs (or parts thereof) (Scotland); Districts (Northern Ireland) |
415 |
LAU 2 | Wards (or parts thereof) | 10400 |
The two LAU levels are maintained by the UK Office for National Statistics within the ONS coding system.
The LAU codes of the United Kingdom can be downloaded here: [1]
See also[]
NUTS 2 regions of the United Kingdom | |
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Category | Statistical regions |
Location | United Kingdom |
Found in | NUTS 1 regions |
Number | 40 (as at 2015) |
Subdivisions | NUTS 3 regions |
- Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
- List of regions of the United Kingdom by Human Development Index
- ISO 3166-2 codes of the United Kingdom
- FIPS region codes of the United Kingdom
Sources[]
- ^ Population estimates for the United Kingdom, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, mid-2019 from the Office for National Statistics
- ^ a b c Eurostat: History of NUTS, accessed 12 July 2015
- Metadata Download NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics), by regional level (NUTS) accessed 11 June 2012
- Overview map of EU Countries – NUTS level 1
- Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units
- List of current NUTS codes
- Divisions of the United Kingdom, Statoids.com
- Listings of subdivisions of NUTS / LAU areas, Office for National Statistics, accessed 6 September 2012
External links[]
- Eurostat Overview of the NUTS classification
- UK Office for National Statistics Guidance on Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) / Local Administrative Units (LAU)
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