November 2014 statistical classification and delineation of settlements in Northern Ireland by the DOE Planning Service. Boundaries are defined for settlements exceeding thresholds of 20 or more households and 50 or more usual residents. The dataset is published by OpenDataNI under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyze settlement patterns based on household and population thresholds.
- Delineate urban and rural areas for planning policy based on the defined boundaries.
- Perform spatial joins with other demographic datasets using the settlement boundaries.
Strengths
- Defined by the authoritative DOE Planning Service in November 2014.
- Clear inclusion criteria based on 20+ households and 50+ usual residents.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:50.278195; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- DOE Planning Service, Northern Ireland.
- Collection Method
- Statistical classification and delineation.
- Time Range
- Defined November 2014.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:50.278195
- Geography
- Northern Ireland.