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Standard Area Measurements (2024) User Guide
This document is the Standard Area Measurements (2024) User Guide. It provides information regarding the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) products including: types of... -
Standard Area Measurements (2025) User Guide
This document is the Standard Area Measurements (2025) User Guide. It provides information regarding the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) products including: types of... -
Standard Area Measurements (2022) User Guide
This document is the Standard Area Measurements (2022) User Guide. It provides information regarding the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) products including: types of... -
Standard Area Measurements (2023) User Guide
This document is the Standard Area Measurements (2023) User Guide. It provides information regarding the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) products including: types of... -
Rural-Urban Classification (2021) Frequently Asked Questions V2
The FAQ answers several key methodological, definitional and technical questions about the 2021 RUC, and is intended to provide supplementary contextual information to support... -
Boundary Dataset Guidance: 2011 to 2021
The document explains the differences between the different boundary sets that ONS Geography provides. Valid from 2011. (File Size - 347 KB) -
Local Government Reorganisation (2009) Lookup
As at 1st April 2009 in England. The document shows the pre-reorganisation counties and local authority districts and the post reorganisation unitary authorities in England.... -
Built-up Areas (2011): User Guidance
2011 Census data for built-up areas provide information on the villages, towns and cities where people live, and allows comparisons between people living in built-up areas and... -
Boundary Dataset Guidance: 2001 to 2011
The document explains the differences between the different boundary sets that ONS Geography provides. Valid for datasets between 2001 and 2011. (File Size - 393 KB) -
Rural-Urban Classification for Local Authority Districts (2011) (April 2016)...
The 2011 rural-urban classification of local authority districts in England user guide document. (File Size - 864 KB) -
Population Weighted Centroids (Guidance for Workplace Zones)
This document provides information about population weighted centroids for workplace zones and the methodology to produce them. (File Size - 39 KB) -
Rural-Urban Classification (2011) for Small Area Geographies: User Guide
The document provides information for the 2011 Rural-Urban Classification For Small Area Geographies. For downloadable datasets please see the ONS Geography web pages (File Size... -
Standard Area Measurements (2015) User Guide
This document is the Standard Area Measurements - 2015 User Guide. It provides information regarding the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) products including: types of... -
Index of Place Names in Great Britain (July 2016) User Guide
This user guide gives a full rundown and explanation of the contents of the new 2016 Index of Place Names (IPN) in Great Britain. (File Size - 644 KB) -
Major Towns and Cities - Methodological Note and User Guidance
The document provides a methodological note and user guidance for the ONS Major Towns and Cities. (File Size - 2 MB) -
A Guide to ONS Geography Postcode Products
This document explains how postcodes are allocated to a range of geographies on which statistics are published. It explains the main differences in how postcodes are allocated... -
Rural-Urban Classification for Local Authority Districts (2011) (April 2016)...
The 2011 rural-urban classification of local authority districts in England methodology document. (File Size - 2 MB) -
Urban Audit VII - User Guide
This document provides an introduction to the Urban Audit VII and the geographies of Urban Audit VII. (File Size - 1 MB) -
Standard Area Measurements (2018) User Guide
This document is the Standard Area Measurements (2018) User Guide. It provides information regarding the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) products including: types of... -
Standard Area Measurements (2017) User Guide
This document is the Standard Area Measurements (2017) User Guide. It provides information regarding the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) products including: types of...