Urban Rural Classification (6-Fold)
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| 2001 Data Zones | |
| Abbey Parks & Brucefield North West | 2 |
| Abbeyview Central | 2 |
| Abbeyview East | 2 |
| Abbeyview Linburn | 2 |
| Abbeyview North | 2 |
| Abbeyview South East | 2 |
| Abbeyview West | 2 |
| Aberdour | 5 |
| Aberfoyle & Kinlochard | 6 |
| Aberhill | 2 |
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The Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification provides a consistent way of defining urban and rural areas across Scotland. The classification is based upon two main criteria: (i) population as defined by the National Records of Scotland, and (ii) accessibility based on drive time analysis to differentiate between accessible and remote areas in Scotland.
The classification distinguishes between urban, rural and remote areas within Scotland and includes the following categories:
1 - Large Urban Areas Settlements of over 125,000 people;
2 - Other Urban Areas Settlements of 10,000 to 125,000 people;
3 - Accessible Small Towns Settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more;
4 - Remote Small Towns Settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more;
5 - Accessible Rural Settlements of less than 3,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more;
6 - Remote Rural Settlements of less than 3,000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more.
Starting with the 2016 version of the classification the name format was changed to a single year. The single year refers to the date of the mid-year estimates on which the population statistics for the Settlements are based. The change to the name format was made in order to make it clearer in the title of the classification the date of the statistics used.
Further information can be accessed here: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/About/Methodology/UrbanRuralClassification
Data zones are assigned to the 6-fold urban rural classification. Each data zone has been assigned to the category of the classification for which the majority of its census output areas lie. Data zones were not designed to nest within the urban rural classification and as a result some data zones do straddle the urban rural classification. A measure of the effect of straddling can be determined by the percentage of output areas which are assigned to the same category under the data zone classification and the census output area classification.
The urban rural classification is the standard definition used to define rural areas in Scotland.
Data zone and postcode lookups are released in text file format when the urban rural classification is updated.
They can be accessed here: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/About/Methodology/UrbanRuralClassification
The Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification provides a standard definition of rural areas in Scotland. The Scottish Government acknowledges that issues such as transport, education and health can have a particular impact on rural communities and seeks to reflect this in mainstream policy development. This classification aids in developing our understanding of the issues facing urban, rural and remote Scotland.
This classification is updated to incorporate the most recent Small Area Population Estimates produced by National Records of Scotland and Royal Mail Postcode Address File.
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Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
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2011/2012
http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/government-year/2011-2012
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Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
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Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
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