About this Dataset

Rural Urban Classification (2021) Of Local Authority Districts (2021) In EW

Rural Urban Classification

The 2021 RUC is a statistical classification to provide a consistent and standardised method for classifying geographies as rural or urban. This is based on address density, physical settlement form, population size, and Relative Access to Major towns and cities (populations of over 75,000 people). The classification is produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) with advice from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Welsh Government and colleagues from the Government Geography Profession (GGP).

This is the 2021 rural-urban classification (RUC) of the 2021 Local Authority Districts in England and Wales. This means that the 2021 RUC methodology has been applied to the 2021 LAD boundaries. LAD classifications are divided into four categories based on their populations:

Tables

Table 1

@ukgov.rural_urban_classification_2021_of_local_authority_dis_5146b98a.table_1

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CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "lad21cd" VARCHAR,
  "lad21nm" VARCHAR,
  "ruc21cd" VARCHAR,
  "ruc21nm" VARCHAR,
  "urban_rural_flag" VARCHAR,
  "objectid" BIGINT
);