Rural Urban Classification (2021) of Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (2024) in EW

Rural Urban Classification of 2024 Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies 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). This is 2021 rural-urban classification (RUC) of 2024 Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (WPC) in England and Wales. This means that the 2021 Local Authority Districts (LAD) RUC methodology has been applied to the 2024 WPC boundaries. LAD classifications are divided into four categories based on their populations: 1. Majority Rural: had at least 50% of their population residing in Rural OAs 2. Intermediate Rural: 35-50% rural population 3. Intermediate Urban: 20-35% rural population 4. Urban: 20% or less of the population lived in rural OAs. Each 2024 WPC category is split into one of two Relative Access categories, using the same data as the 2021 Output Area RUC. If more than 50% of a WPC population lives in ‘Nearer a major town or city’ OAs, it is deemed ‘nearer a major town or city’; otherwise, it is classified as ‘further from a major town or city’.《2024年威斯敏斯特议会选区城乡分类》 2021年城乡分类（Rural Urban Classification, RUC）是一套标准化统计分类方法，旨在为地理区域提供统一的城乡划分标准，其划分依据涵盖地址密度、实体聚落形态、人口规模，以及通往人口超75000人的大型城镇与城市的相对可达性。该分类体系由英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics, ONS）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委员会（Government Geography Profession, GGP）的技术咨询支持。 本数据集为英格兰与威尔士地区2024年威斯敏斯特议会选区（Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies, WPC）的2021年RUC结果，即通过将2021年地方政府区域（Local Authority Districts, LAD）的RUC分类方法，适配至2024年WPC边界范围完成划分。 地方政府区域的城乡分类依据人口占比划分为四类： 1. 乡村主导型：至少50%的人口居住于乡村输出区（Output Area, OA）； 2. 轻度乡村型：乡村人口占比为35%至50%； 3. 轻度城市型：乡村人口占比为20%至35%； 4. 城市主导型：乡村人口占比不超过20%。 每个2024年WPC的分类结果，将沿用2021年输出区RUC的相关数据，进一步划分为两类相对可达性组别：若选区超过50%的人口居住于“邻近大型城镇或城市”的OA，则归类为“邻近大型城镇或城市”；反之则归类为“远离大型城镇或城市”。