Identification

Title

Census 2022 – Output Areas Part Removed

Abstract

Output Areas – Part Removed are polygons that were removed in order to make an OA single part. This was purely a cosmetic exercise. There were 531 non-contiguous Census Output Areas not caused by water. The part to be removed did not contain a Postcode Grid Reference and in the majority of cases it was the smaller of the polygons, but in a few instances it was the larger part due to the density and Postcode Grid Reference location. The area of these polygons is included in the area figure for the original 2022 OA in statistical output.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/2022-census-geography-products/

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: National Records of Scotland website

description: 2022 Census Geography Products

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

OutputArea2022_PartRemoved

codeSpace

www.nrscotland.gov.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Statistical units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.80

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2022

End position

2022

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2024-05-21

date type

revision

effective date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-05-21

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset shows the 2022 Census Output Areas (OAs) – Part Removed. This dataset contains the polygons which were removed in order to make an OA single part. The area of these polygons is included in the area figure for the original 2022 OA. Of the OAs created 531 were non-contiguous because the polygons are separated by other OAs. It was agreed that the parts which did not contain any Postcode Grid References (in most cases this is the smaller of the 2 (or more) parts of the non-contiguous OA) would be removed and the area merged with an adjoining OA to create a single polygon where possible. This was purely a cosmetic exercise and did not affect Census statistics, Output Area Centroid, higher area assignment or area calculations for the OAs all of which were based on all of the constituent parts of the OA or Postcode Grid References. Non-contiguous OAs are created due to the underlying postcodes that are used to create OAs. A non-contiguous postcode occurs when the postcode cannot be digitised as a single polygon because it is separated by another postcode, water, or both postcode and water. When aggregating the postcodes to create the OAs it is possible, because of the spatial configuration, that any selected group which contains a non-contiguous postcode may result in a non-contiguous Output Area, i.e. the OA will comprise of more than one polygon. The boundaries are available for two geographic extents: Extent of the Realm (EoR) The boundaries in this dataset are to the Mean Low Water mark so that the coastline is extended to be consistent with Local Authorities. and Clipped to the coastline with inland water removed (MHW) The boundaries in this dataset have been clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water Mark) with inland water removed. This version closely represents map users expectations of how a coastal boundary should look. Inland water has also been removed as listed in the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) produced by the Office for National Statistics

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

Shapefile

version of format

ArcGIS 10

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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).

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geography

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

General Register House, 2 Princes Street

Edinburgh

EH1 3YY

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

contact position

Geography

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

General Register House, 2 Princes Street

Edinburgh

EH1 3YY

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team (GI-SAT), Digital Public Services, DG Enterprise, Environment and Digital

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geography

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

General Register House, 2 Princes Street

Edinburgh

EH1 3YY

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-02-10T13:54:31.319Z

Metadata language

eng