Population data in Europe are provided mainly as enumerations of resident population by census tract. LAU 2 or local administrative unit 2 is the smallest unit for which population data are available. This is equivalent to communes in France, wards in the UK. These administrative units, however, vary greatly in their surface area and population across the EU, creating significant difficulties both for analysis and for visualisation of the data. These data are available from national census and statistics organisations, only some of which is compiled here.
The LAU2 tables available here are for ca. 2001 census year with population stratified by age and sex. They have been matched based on SHN code to the administrative boundaries [1] GIS data to facilitate mapping, and modelling of finer resolution population grids [2]. Only those tables that were freely available are attached here - see Sources/References for information on data for the EU25 countries.
Source / Reference:
All data were sourced between mid 2006 - late 2007 from the individual Country Statistics offices. Many datasets were freely available either via download or email request, whilst several had to be purchased. Links to specific statistics offices may be easily found using a search engine.
AT: Austria
Downloaded from Statistik Austria (Statistics Austria)
Used: VOLKSZÄHLUNG 2001, Herausgegeben von STATISTIK AUSTRIA
HauptergebnisseI – Burgenland, Wien 2002
HauptergebnisseI – Kärnten, Wien 2003
HauptergebnisseI – Niederösterreich, Wien 2003
HauptergebnisseI – Oberösterreich, Wien 2003
HauptergebnisseI – Salzburg, Wien 2003
HauptergebnisseI – Steiermark, Wien 2003
HauptergebnisseI – Tirol, Wien 2003
HauptergebnisseI – Vorarlberg, Wien 2002
HauptergebnisseI – Wien, Wien 2003
BE: Belgium
Purchased from SPF Economie- Statbel (Belgium Statistics)
Used: Population par sexe, groupe et classes d’âge au 1/10/2001 pour toutes les communes de Belgique.
CZ: Czech Republic
Purchased and received table via email from the Czech Statistics Office
DE: Germany
Purchased from Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik
Received: Berlin: bezogen auf den Gebietsstand 01.01.2001
DK: Denmark
Requested and received table via email from Danmarks Statistik (Statistics Denmark).
EE: Estonia
Downloaded from the Statistical Office of Estonia
Used: 2000 Population and Housing Census. I
Population de facto and Usual Resident Population, Location of the Population, Population Sex and Age Structure
Table 15. Population by the usual place of residence and age, 2000
Table 16. Males by the usual place of residence and age, 2000
Table 17. Females by the usual place of residence and age, 2000
ES: Spain
Downloaded from Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
Used: Población según sexo y edad (grupos quinquenales)
FI: Finland
Downloaded from Statistics Finland PX-Web Statfin in English.
FR: France
Requested and received table via email from L’Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies).
GB & NI: United Kingdom
2001 Census Output Area Boundaries. Crown copyright 2003. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.
2001 Ward Boundaries. Crown copyright 2003. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.
GR: Greece
Requested and received table via email from Statistical Data Provision, National Statistical Service of Greece.
HU: Hungary
Downloaded from Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Used: Tables 4.1.4.1 (total), 4.1.4.2 (males), and 4.1.4.3 (females) by county
IE: Ireland
Requested and received table via email from Ireland Central Statistics Office.
IT: Italy
Requested and received table via email from Istituto nazionale di statistica.
LT: Lithuania
Requested and received table via email from Statistics Lithuania.
LU: Luxembourg
Downloaded from Le Portal des Statistiques du Luxembourg (Statec Luxembourg)
Used: X099 Tous les chiffres des communes table to proportion age stratified data (X040 Population par subdivision territoriale et selon l'âge 2001)
MT: Malta
Downloaded from National Statistics Office – Malta
Used: Census of Population and Housing, 2005, Preliminary Report, National Statistics Office, Malta, 2006”
Table 8. Total population by broad age group and locality as at 27 November 2005
Table 10. Total male population by broad age group and locality as at 27 November 2005
Table 12. Total female population by broad age group and locality as at 27 November 2005
NL: the Netherlands
Downloaded from CBS, the Dutch statistics office:
Used: tablesNUTS5-NL38a-Census2001_total.xls; tablesNUTS5-NL38b-Census2001_males.xls; tablesNUTS5-NL38c-Census2001_females.xls
PL: Poland
Downloaded from the Central Statistical Office
Used: Table 28. population by sex and age, up to 20 years” and “Table 30: population by sex and age, > 20 years
PT: Portugal
Downloaded from Statistics Portugal.
Used: Main population characteristics: total, males and females
SE: Sweden
Downloaded from Statistiska centralbyran (Statistics Sweden)
Used: Population 1 November by municipality, age and sex. Year 2002-2006
SI: Slovenia
Downloaded from Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Used: Census of Population, Households and Housing, 2002
Population by age groups and sex, municipalities, Slovenia, Census 2002
SK: Slovakia
Requested and received table via email from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovakia.
See also:
Link to D19 Environmental Monitoring Review
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