Identification

Title

Census 2001 - Postcode Units

Abstract

This is the set of postcode boundaries used for 2001 census outputs. The postcode boundaries for census were originally frozen in January 2001 for the purposes of producing census outputs. The dataset contains 139,045 postcode polygons.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/Census2001/MapServer/WMSServer?

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: PostcodeUnit2001

description: OGC View Service

function: information

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/Census2001/MapServer/WFSServer?

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: CEN2001:PostcodeUnit2001

description: OGC Feature Download

function: download

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/our-products/census-datasets/2001-census/2001-boundaries

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

name: National Records of Scotland website

description: Geography – 2001 Census Boundaries - ESRI Shapefiles

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

FrozenPostcode2001

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

census survey

statistical data

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

Boundaries

Postcodes

Censuses

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-11-18

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

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2003-02-13

date type

creation

effective date

2003-02-13

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The history of creating and maintaining the postcode dataset is contained in the live postcode boundary dataset. Because we built up geographies such as council areas from postcodes we were aware of situations where the NRS council area boundary did not match exactly with the OS BoundaryLine product. This is the set of postcode boundaries used for 2001 census outputs. The postcode boundaries for census were originally frozen in January 2001 for the purposes of producing census outputs. The dataset contains 139,045 postcode polygons.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

WMS

version of format

1.3.0

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 branch

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

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geography branch

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

2023-06-14T11:39:43

Metadata language