Data Zone Boundaries 2022

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Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Last updated:
27 February 2025
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Summary

Data Zones are the key geography for the dissemination of small area statistics in Scotland and are widely used across the public sector. Composed of groups of Census Output Areas, Data Zones are large enough that statistics can be presented accurately without fear of disclosure and yet small enough that they can be used to represent communities. They are designed to have roughly standard populations of 500 to 1,000 household residents, nest within local authorities (at the time of the Census), and have compact shapes that respect physical boundaries where possible. When Data Zones were originally created for the 2001 Census, they were designed to contain households with similar social characteristics. Aggregations of Data Zones can be used to provide estimates for higher level geographies where official statistics might not otherwise be available. Data Zones also represent a relatively stable geography that can be used to analyse change over time, with changes only occurring after a Census. Following the update to Data Zones using 2022 Census data, there are now 7,392 Data Zones covering the whole of Scotland.

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Data Zone Boundaries 2022 N/A 27 February 2025 Not available
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Added to data.gov.uk
2024-12-16
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Available under the terms of the Open Government Licence. The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
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f6656adf-b720-4612-ad5c-1d13eae94c8b
Extent
Latitude: 60.87° to °
Longitude: -8.80° to -0.71°
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Dataset reference date
2024-12-16 (publication)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Scottish Government (pointOfContact, publisher)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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