Richard Prothero
Richard Prothero
@richpro.bsky.social
Regional Statistics, Economics, Geography.
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ONS has updated the Rural Urban Classification for England & Wales, shaping how we define urban & rural areas. Key changes include ‘Relative access’ replacing ‘Sparsity’ & improved geospatial data. See what this means for funding & policy:
polimapper.co.uk/2025/04/unde...

#ONS #RuralUrban
Understanding the Updated Rural Urban Classification
polimapper.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Rural Urban Classification (2021) for areas in England and Wales geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/search?q=RUC21 new from ONS

Datasets for Output Areas, LSOAs, MSOAs, and local authority districts, plus web maps and user guide.

More info www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/...

#geospatial #opendata
March 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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📈📉We've just published a nifty new #ONS tool that allows you to see how different factors affect population projections! Adjust life expectancy, fertility rate and net migration to see how they affect estimates...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
January 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Some really interesting stats out this morning from the ONS on hybrid working. Hybrid and home working persisting post-pandemic, but with a lot of variation across professions...
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
November 11, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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Experimenting with localised "robo-journalism" and #scrolltelling formats was one of my early highlights with the ONS. This piece really exemplified what we were trying to achieve at the time, and set for format for later work...
www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...
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Exploring local income deprivation
A detailed picture of disparities within English local authorities to a neighbourhood level
www.ons.gov.uk
August 13, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Educational attainment in England for this week's #TidyTuesday. Idea and text from @ONS's interactive chart at www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

Code: github.com/gkaramanis/t...

#RStats #dataviz 📊
January 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM