UK gridded population based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2007
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Reis, S.; Steinle, S.; Carnell, E.; Leaver, D.; Vieno, M.; Beck, R.; Dragosits, U. (2016). UK gridded population based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/61f10c74-8c2c-4637-a274-5fa9b2e5ce44
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THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED The latest version is UK gridded population 2011 based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2015
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https://doi.org/10.5285/61f10c74-8c2c-4637-a274-5fa9b2e5ce44
This dataset contains gridded population with a spatial resolution of 1 km x 1 km for the UK based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2007 input data. Data on population distribution for the United Kingdom is available from statistical offices in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and provided to the public e.g. via the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Population data is typically provided in tabular form or, based on a range of different geographical units, in file types for geographical information systems (GIS), for instance as ESRI Shapefiles. The geographical units reflect administrative boundaries at different levels of detail, from Devolved Administration to Output Areas (OA), wards or intermediate geographies . While the presentation of data on the level of these geographical units is useful for statistical purposes, accounting for spatial variability for instance of environmental determinants of public health requires a more spatially homogeneous population distribution. For this purpose, the dataset presented here combines 2011 UK Census population data on Output Area level with Land Cover Map 2007 land-use classes 'urban' and 'suburban' to create a consistent and comprehensive gridded population data product at 1 km x 1 km spatial resolution. The mapping product is based on British National Grid (OSGB36 datum).
Publication date: 2016-02-15
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Format
ASCII grid
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation types
Tabular (text)
Raster
Raster
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Provenance & quality
Census data from the Office of National Statistics have been downloaded as CSV files.
Land Cover Map 2007 vector data has been obtained from CEH.
Output Area geography data (Extent of the Realm), were obtained for England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
The processing steps are detailed in the Supporting Documentation.
To ensure consistency of the final product, total population numbers were compared, at each processing step, with the official 2011 Census totals. In particular due to the clipping process, which merges data on different geographies, areas where population data are provided on administrative boundaries and areas which contain urban, suburban and urban industrial land use parcels, some inconsistencies are inevitable. In addition, the Land Cover Map has been generated in 2007 (with satellite data compiled prior to the release, whereas Census data was obtained in 2011. In the period in between, additional residential areas will have emerged, which are not currently included in the land use data provided by LCM 2007. For the dataset, the discrepancy between total Census 2011 population figures and the resulting 1 km x 1 km gridded total accumulates to 0.47%. This value is applied as a scaling factor to the gridded dataset to generate a data product consistent with the Census total population for 2011.
Land Cover Map 2007 vector data has been obtained from CEH.
Output Area geography data (Extent of the Realm), were obtained for England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
The processing steps are detailed in the Supporting Documentation.
To ensure consistency of the final product, total population numbers were compared, at each processing step, with the official 2011 Census totals. In particular due to the clipping process, which merges data on different geographies, areas where population data are provided on administrative boundaries and areas which contain urban, suburban and urban industrial land use parcels, some inconsistencies are inevitable. In addition, the Land Cover Map has been generated in 2007 (with satellite data compiled prior to the release, whereas Census data was obtained in 2011. In the period in between, additional residential areas will have emerged, which are not currently included in the land use data provided by LCM 2007. For the dataset, the discrepancy between total Census 2011 population figures and the resulting 1 km x 1 km gridded total accumulates to 0.47%. This value is applied as a scaling factor to the gridded dataset to generate a data product consistent with the Census total population for 2011.
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THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED The latest version is UK gridded population 2011 based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2015
If you need access to the archived version, please contact the EIDC
This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence 
Cite this dataset as:
Reis, S.; Steinle, S.; Carnell, E.; Leaver, D.; Vieno, M.; Beck, R.; Dragosits, U. (2016). UK gridded population based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/61f10c74-8c2c-4637-a274-5fa9b2e5ce44
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Correspondence/contact details
Reis, S.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bush Estate
Penicuik
Midlothian
EH26 0QB
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Penicuik
Midlothian
EH26 0QB
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-8320
Steinle, S.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Carnell, E.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Leaver, D.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Beck, R.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Dragosits, U.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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