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Census 2021 Grid Square product for Northern Ireland

Date published: 14 December 2023

Statistics: Census 2021,  Census 2021 results,  Grid Square
Research and support: Grid Square products

The Census 2021 Grid Square product provides basic census statistics for a combination of 1 kilometre and 100 metre grid squares in Northern Ireland.

The guidance note provides users with more information on the Census 2021 Grid Square product.

The range of variables available within the product can be found in the 'Variable code book'.

Zip files contain the Census 2021 Grid Square outputs for 1km and 100m, in CSV format.

Digital boundary files are available to download in several formats (ESRI Shapefile, GeoJSON, and Geodatabase):

  • 1km Grid Square
  • 100m Grid Square
  • Combined Grid Square

Documents

  • Guidance note Adobe PDF (54 KB)
  • Variable code book Microsoft Excel (54 KB)
  • Census 2021 Grid Square product (1km) ZIP archive (54 KB)
  • Census 2021 Grid Square product (100m) – full dataset ZIP archive (54 KB)
  • Census 2021 Grid Square product (100m) – split dataset (2 parts) ZIP archive (54 KB)

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Last updated: 03 March 2025

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