Workplace Zone Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2011

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for Workplace Zones in England and Wales as of December 2011. The dataset includes three boundary versions: full resolution extent of the realm, full resolution clipped to the coastline, and a 20m generalised version clipped to the coastline. File sizes range from 28 MB for the generalised version to 361 MB for the full-resolution files.

Use Cases

• Map workplace zone geography based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of employment areas based on the clipped coastline boundaries.
• Integrate boundary data with census statistics based on the Workplace Zone geography.
• Perform lower-resolution mapping or analysis based on the 20m generalised boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides three distinct boundary versions for different use cases.
• Includes specific file sizes: 28 MB for the generalised version and 361 MB for full-resolution files.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Data is from December 2011; temporal coverage may be outdated for current analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely derived from census and Ordnance Survey data.

Time Range

December 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:28.455998; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales