Workplace Zone Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2011

December 2011 digital vector boundaries for Workplace Zones in England and Wales, provided by the Office for National Statistics. The dataset contains three boundary versions: full resolution (extent of the realm and clipped to coastline) and a generalised 20m version. It includes intellectual property from both Ordnance Survey and the ONS.

Use Cases

• Mapping workplace density and distribution based on the defined zone boundaries.
• Conducting spatial joins with census data based on the Workplace Zone geography.
• Creating generalised maps for publication using the 20m resolution clipped boundaries.
• Analyzing coastal versus inland workplace areas using the full and clipped boundary versions.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary versions for different use cases: full realm (361 MB), full clipped (361 MB), and generalised 20m clipped (28 MB).
• Contains intellectual property from two authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Includes direct REST service URLs for programmatic access and download.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from December 2011; freshness should be verified for contemporary applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely derived from UK census and Ordnance Survey mapping data.

Time Range

December 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:31.204257; freshness should be verified

Geography

England and Wales