Middle layer Super Output Areas (December 2021) Boundaries EW BFE (V8) and Rural Urban Cla

Digital vector boundaries for Middle layer Super Output Areas in England and Wales as at 21 March 2021. The dataset is joined to the Rural Urban Classification data 2021, a product developed by the Office for National Statistics, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Welsh Assembly Government. Source data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative boundaries for England and Wales based on the provided vector data.
• Analyzing rural-urban population distribution patterns using the joined classification data.
• Integrating geographic boundaries with census or other statistical data at the Middle layer Super Output Area level.

Strengths

• Boundaries are provided as digital vector data, suitable for GIS applications.
• Includes the official Rural Urban Classification data for 2021.
• Source is the Office for National Statistics under an Open Government Licence.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

21 March 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales