Built-up Area Sub Division Boundaries for England and Wales, 2011 Census

Digital vector boundaries for built-up area sub-divisions in England and Wales as of the 27 March 2011 Census day. The boundaries are generalised and created using an automated approach based on a 50m grid squares. This product contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping urban settlement patterns based on the 2011 built-up area sub-division definitions.
• Spatial analysis of census data aggregated to built-up area sub-division boundaries.
• Studying urban form and land use using generalised boundaries created from a 50m grid.

Strengths

• Boundaries are tied to the official 27 March 2011 Census day.
• Created using a defined, automated method based on a 50m grid squares.
• Available via multiple access services including ArcGIS REST and direct download.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data freshness should be verified as the boundaries are from 2011.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Automated boundary creation from 50m grid squares, generalised.

Time Range

As at 27 March 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:07.293334; the underlying data is from 2011.

Geography

England and Wales