The Key Statistics for the urban and rural classification 2004 contains data for England and Wales, England, Wales, and each county and Unitary Authority in England, and each Unitary Authority in Wales.

They supplement the information in the Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales and the Key Statistics for settlements in England and Wales each of which provides results for specific named urban areas.

The Key Statistics based on the definition of the rural and urban classification 2004 provide results for categories of rural and urban populations within each administrative area, in particular for use with other information defined on the same basis. An introductory guide to the new definition and classification is available to view online [more details...].

The Key Statistics tables
The Key Statistics dataset consists of a series of 33 tables which provide a summary of the complete results of the Census. They are designed to enable easy comparison between areas across the full range of Census variables.

Release date: 31 March 2005

Media, availability and cost:

	Electronic A CD containing the results in Excel format on request free from Census Customer Services using the ordering information box to the top right of this page.
	Online Excel versions of the tables contained on the CD available free to download.

Product notes
Table 'KS01 Usual resident population does not include 1991 population figures, which were not available when the tables were produced.

Table 'KS24 Migration' was not produced for the rural and urban classification 2004, so is not included on the CD or in the downloadbale datasets.

Supporting information
The following information supporting this Census product is available:

 outline versions of the Key Statistics tables
 introductory guide to the rural and urban classification 2004

Further general Census supporting information is accessible using the links in the boxes to the right.

This page last revised: 01 November 2005