Rural Urban Classification (2021) of MSOAs in EW

The 2021 rural-urban classification (RUC) of Middle layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) in England and Wales. Middle layer Super Output Areas are assigned their RUC classification based on their Output Area (OA) settlement class (‘Urban’, ‘Larger rural’ and ‘Smaller rural’) and relative access category (‘nearer to a major town or city’ and ‘further from a major town or city’) of the majority population that are resident within them. The 2021 RUC is a statistical classification to provide a consistent and standardised method for classifying geographies as rural or urban. This is based on address density, physical settlement form, population size, and Relative Access to Major towns and cities (populations of over 75,000 people). The classification is produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) with advice from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Welsh Government and colleagues from the Government Geography Profession (GGP).英格兰及威尔士地区2021年中层超级输出区（Middle layer Super Output Areas, MSOA）城乡分类（Rural-Urban Classification, RUC）数据集。中层超级输出区的城乡分类依据其辖区内绝大多数常住人口所属的输出区（Output Area, OA）定居等级（分为“城市”“大型乡村”与“小型乡村”）以及相对可达性类别（分为“邻近大型城镇或城市”与“远离大型城镇或城市”）确定。2021年城乡分类是一套统一规范的统计分类方法，用于将地理区域划分为乡村或城市类别，其划分依据包括地址密度、实体定居形态、人口规模，以及距人口规模超过7.5万的大型城镇或城市的相对可达性。本分类由英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics, ONS）牵头编制，并获得环境、食品与农村事务部（Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra）、威尔士政府以及政府地理专业团队（Government Geography Profession, GGP）的专家咨询支持。