diff --git a/examples/data/setup_new_composite_area/test_read/exposure/aggregation_areas/block_groups.gpkg b/examples/data/setup_new_composite_area/test_read/exposure/aggregation_areas/block_groups.gpkg
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diff --git a/hydromt_fiat/workflows/exposure_vector.py b/hydromt_fiat/workflows/exposure_vector.py
index ee6d6178..14487a0d 100644
--- a/hydromt_fiat/workflows/exposure_vector.py
+++ b/hydromt_fiat/workflows/exposure_vector.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
     get_road_lengths,
 )
 
+from hydromt_fiat.workflows.aggregation_areas import join_exposure_aggregation_areas
+
 
 class ExposureVector(Exposure):
     _REQUIRED_COLUMNS = ["Object ID", "Extraction Method", "Ground Floor Height"]
@@ -913,9 +915,10 @@ def setup_new_composite_areas(
         elevation_reference: str,
         path_ref: str = None,
         attr_ref: str = None,
-        ground_elevation: Union[
-            int, float, None, str, Path, List[str], List[Path]
-        ] = None,
+        ground_elevation: Union[None, str, Path] = None,
+        aggregation_area_fn: Union[List[str], List[Path], str, Path] = None,
+        attribute_names: Union[List[str], str] = None,
+        label_names: Union[List[str], str] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Adds one or multiple (polygon) areas to the exposure database with
         a composite damage function and a percentage of the total damage.
@@ -1015,7 +1018,9 @@ def setup_new_composite_areas(
             # TODO: Take ground elevation from DEM?
             # For water level calculation this will not take into account the
             # non-flooded cells separately, just averaged over the whole area.
-            self.logger.warning("The ground elevation is set to 0.")
+            self.logger.warning(
+                "The ground elevation is set to 0 if no DEM is supplied."
+            )
 
             # Idea: Reduction factor for the part of the area is not build-up?
 
@@ -1079,17 +1084,34 @@ def setup_new_composite_areas(
                 self.crs,
             )
 
+        # Update the exposure_geoms
+        self.set_geom_names("new_development_area")
+        self.set_exposure_geoms(_new_exposure_geoms)
+
+        # If the user supplied ground elevation data, assign that to the new
+        # composite areas
+        if ground_elevation is not None:
+            new_objects["Ground Elevation"] = ground_elevation_from_dem(
+                ground_elevation=ground_elevation,
+                exposure_db=new_objects,
+                exposure_geoms=_new_exposure_geoms,
+            )
+
+        # If the user supplied aggregation area data, assign that to the
+        # new composite areas
+        if aggregation_area_fn is not None:
+            new_objects = join_exposure_aggregation_areas(
+                _new_exposure_geoms.merge(new_objects, on="Object ID"),
+                aggregation_area_fn=aggregation_area_fn,
+                attribute_names=attribute_names,
+                label_names=label_names,
+            )
+
         # Update the exposure_db
         self.exposure_db = pd.concat([self.exposure_db, new_objects]).reset_index(
             drop=True
         )
 
-        # Update the exposure_geoms
-        self.set_exposure_geoms(_new_exposure_geoms)
-
-        # Adding elevation data into the new objects
-        self.setup_ground_elevation(ground_elevation)
-
     def link_exposure_vulnerability(
         self,
         exposure_linking_table: pd.DataFrame,
diff --git a/tests/test_setup_new_composite_areas_ground_elevation.py b/tests/test_setup_new_composite_areas_ground_elevation.py
index d6c1c67c..c7bea9c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_setup_new_composite_areas_ground_elevation.py
+++ b/tests/test_setup_new_composite_areas_ground_elevation.py
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
         "type": "datum",
         "path_ref": None,
         "attr_ref": None,
-        "ground_elevation_file": DATADIRDEM 
-        / "charleston_14m.tif",
+        "ground_elevation_file": None,
+        "aggregation_area_fn": None,
+        "attribute_names": None,
+        "label_names": None,
     },
     "setup_new_composite_area_geom": {
         "dir": "test_read",
@@ -33,8 +35,10 @@
         "type": "geom",
         "path_ref": DATADIR / "new_composite_areas" /  "reference_groundHeight_test.shp",
         "attr_ref": "bfe",
-        "ground_elevation_file": DATADIRDEM 
-        / "charleston_14m.tif",
+        "ground_elevation_file": None,
+        "aggregation_area_fn": None,
+        "attribute_names": None,
+        "label_names": None,
     },
     "setup_new_composite_area_elevation": {
         "dir": "test_read",
@@ -45,6 +49,9 @@
         "attr_ref": None,
         "ground_elevation_file": DATADIRDEM 
         / "charleston_14m.tif",
+        "aggregation_area_fn": EXAMPLEDIR.joinpath("test_read", "exposure", "aggregation_areas", "block_groups.gpkg"),
+        "attribute_names": "GEOID_short",
+        "label_names": "Aggregation Label: Census Block",
     },
 }
 
@@ -70,6 +77,9 @@ def test_setup_new_composite_areas_ground_elevation(case):
         path_ref=_cases[case]["path_ref"],
         attr_ref=_cases[case]["attr_ref"],
         ground_elevation=_cases[case]["ground_elevation_file"],
+        aggregation_area_fn=_cases[case]["aggregation_area_fn"],
+        attribute_names=_cases[case]["attribute_names"],
+        label_names=_cases[case]["label_names"],
     )
 
     if _cases[case]["new_root"].exists():