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Rural Urban Classification lookup tables

Description

Lookup tables providing the Rural Urban Classification for various geographical levels, including small areas and higher-level geographies.

Policy areas

Environment Housing and planning

Update cadence

One-off

Subject area

Rural and urban geography

Publisher

Published

26 August 2021

Data files

File	Type	Size
Rural Urban Classification 2011 Lookup Tables For Small Area Geographies	ods	2.6 MB
Rural Urban Classification 2011 Lookup Tables For Local Authority Areas	ods	45 KB
17 10 2023 Rural Urban Classification 2011 Lookup Tables For Higher Level Geographies	ods	37 KB

Data files last checked: 28 May 2026

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