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Census 2022 – Localities
Larger settlements are divided into localities to reflect areas which are more easily identifiable as the towns and cities of Scotland.
Statistics produced from this geography can be used to help understand the demographics of local communities.
National Records of Scotland (NRS), produces 2 datasets which are designed to show the boundaries of urban areas in Scotland: these datasets are Settlements and Localities.
The Census Locality boundaries have been created using the Census 2022 frozen Postcode boundaries.
Default
Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2024-05-21T09:30:00
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2024-05-21T09:30:00
- Identifier
- www.nrscotland.gov.uk / NRS_CenLocalityBdry
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Statistical units
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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urban settlement
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IPSV Subjects List
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Urban communities
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Boundaries
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Other constraints
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The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 10000
- Topic category
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- Boundaries
- Code
- S92000003
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Code
- EPSG:4258
- Code
- EPSG:27700
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version WMS
1.3.0
WFS
2.0.0
ESRI Shapefile
1.0
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Protocol Resource Locator Name OGC:WMS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/Census2022/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS Locality2022
OGC:WFS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/Census2022/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS CEN2022:Locality2022
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/our-products/census-datasets National Records of Scotland website
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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National Records of Scotland (NRS) create Locality boundaries by first creating the Settlements geography, and then assigning any Postcode located within a settlement to a locality based on a point-in-polygon (PIP) process with the previous version of the Locality boundary. Postcodes that fall within a settlement boundary that are unassigned after the PIP are manually examined and assigned to a locality.
The Locality boundaries have been clipped to the high water mark coastline using OS BoundaryLine product. Inland water has also been removed as listed in the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) produced by the Office for National Statistics.
The Census Locality boundaries have been created using the Census 2022 frozen Postcode boundaries.
Metadata
- File identifier
- db8c4cb5-39f0-42a7-838b-17178422bc61 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-05-17T14:19:05
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Organisation name
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National Records of Scotland
- Position name
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Geography Branch
- Delivery point
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General Register House, 2 Princes Street
- City
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Edinburgh
- Administrative area
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Scotland
- Postal code
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EH1 3YY
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
- Role
- Point of contact