Rural Urban Classification (2011) of MSOAs in EW

The 2011 rural-urban classification (RUC) of middle layer super output areas (MSOA) in England and Wales is based on the 2011 RUC of output areas published in August 2013, and allows users to create a rural/urban view of MSOA level products. This product was sponsored by a cross-Government working group comprising Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of the Communities and Local Government, Office for National Statistics and the Welsh Government. The classification at LSOA level is built from the RUC at OA level (the most detailed version of the classification). Assignments of MSOA to urban or rural categories are made by reference to the category to which the majority of their constituent OA are assigned. In the RUC at OA level, output areas are treated as ‘urban’ if they were allocated to a 2011 built-up area with a population of 10,000 or more. The urban domain is then further sub-divided into three broad morphological types based on the predominant settlement component. As with the previous version of the classification, the remaining ‘rural’ output areas are grouped into three broad morphological types based on the predominant settlement component. At the MSOA scale settlement form is less homogenous than at OA level and so there are just two rural settlement types. The classification also categorises output areas based on context – i.e. whether the wider surrounding area of a given output area is sparsely populated or less sparsely populated (File Size 368KB). REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Rural Urban Classification (2011) of Middle Layer Super Output Areas in England and Wales_new/FeatureServer英格兰和威尔士2011年中层超级输出区域（Middle Layer Super Output Areas, MSOA）城乡分类（Rural-Urban Classification, RUC）以2013年8月发布的输出区域（Output Areas, OA）2011年城乡分类为基础，支持用户生成中层超级输出区域层级产品的城乡视角视图。 本产品由跨政府工作组赞助，该工作组涵盖环境、食品与农村事务部、社区与地方政府部、英国国家统计局及威尔士政府。 下层超级输出区域（Lower Layer Super Output Areas, LSOA）层级的分类基于输出区域层级的城乡分类（该分类为最精细版本）构建。中层超级输出区域的城镇/乡村类别归属，依据其包含的多数输出区域所归属的类别确定。 在输出区域层级的城乡分类中，若某输出区域被划入人口不低于10000的2011年建成区，则将其归类为“城镇”。 城镇域将依据主导定居组分，进一步划分为三类宽泛的形态学类型。 与本分类的此前版本一致，剩余的“乡村”输出区域同样依据主导定居组分，被划分为三类宽泛的形态学类型。 由于中层超级输出区域尺度下的定居形态相较于输出区域层级更不均一，因此仅设置两类乡村定居类型。 本分类还依据周边环境对输出区域进行归类——即给定输出区域的更广周边区域人口是否稀疏（文件大小：368KB）。 要素访问服务的REST URL：https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Rural Urban Classification (2011) of Middle Layer Super Output Areas in England and Wales_new/FeatureServer