Workplace Zone Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2011

England and Wales digital vector boundaries for Workplace Zones as of December 2011. The dataset contains three boundary versions: full resolution (extent of the realm), full resolution clipped to the coastline, and a generalised 20m version. It is produced by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping workplace density and economic activity based on the defined zone boundaries.
• Conducting spatial joins with census data based on the provided Workplace Zone geographies.
• Performing coastal boundary analysis using the clipped and full-extent versions.
• Creating generalised maps for publication using the 20m simplified boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides three specific boundary versions for different analytical needs.
• File sizes are explicitly stated: 361 MB for full resolution and 28 MB for the generalised version.
• Contains direct intellectual property attribution to Ordnance Survey and ONS.

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

Digital vector boundaries produced for the UK Census.

Time Range

December 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026 07 08 13:32:30.890686; temporal coverage is December 2011.

Geography

England and Wales