Identification

Title

Local Characteristic Sector 2011

Alternative title(s)

2011 LC Sector

Abstract

A 2011 LC sector was one of 2 special postcode sectors created for 2011 Census Output. A postcode sector comprises all the unit postcodes that have the same identifier except for the last two characters. Special postcode sectors are created for census output to ensure sectors conform to a minimum threshold and do not cross Council Area boundaries. LC sectors have a minimum threshold of 20 households and 50 persons, the same minimum threshold as Census Output Areas. There are 1,012 LC sectors. Corrections and Revisions Revision to Local Characteristic (LC) sector boundaries at boundary between East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire Council areas. (7 October 2013) LC Sectors S29000556, S29000558, and S29000870 have been amended following a correction to Ordnance Survey BoundaryLine.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/our-products/census-datasets/2011-census/2011-boundaries

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

name: National Records of Scotland website

description: Geography – 2011 Census Boundaries

Unique resource identifier

code

LocalCharacteristicSector2011

codeSpace

www.nrscotland.gov.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

Additional information source

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

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.75714

East bounding longitude

-0.53202

North bounding latitude

61.46459

South bounding latitude

54.53297

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2011

End position

2011

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2013-08-15

date type

revision

effective date

2013-10-07

date type

publication

effective date

2013-10-07

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

A 2011 LC sector was one of 2 special postcode sectors created for 2011 Census Output. A postcode sector comprises all the unit postcodes that have the same identifier except for the last two characters. Special postcode sectors are created for census output to ensure sectors conform to a minimum threshold and do not cross Council Area boundaries. LC sectors have a minimum threshold of 20 households and 50 persons, the same minimum threshold as Census Output Areas. There are 1,012 LC sectors. First postcode sectors that cross council area boundaries are split and each part is treated as a postcode sector in its own right. Then using the master postcode of the OA, OAs are assigned to postcode sectors. Some sectors will have disappeared if they have not been assigned a master postcode but the resulting 1,012 aggregations were denoted LC sectors and meet the minimum threshold for LC. LC sector cover Scotland and extend to the Mean High Water Mark (MHW) Revisions and Corrections Revision to Local Characteristic (LC) sector boundaries at boundary between East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire Council areas. (7 October 2013) LC Sectors S29000556, S29000558, and S29000870 have been amended following a correction to Ordnance Survey BoundaryLine.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Shapefile

version of format

ArcGIS 10

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

License

Constraint set

Use constraints

No conditions apply

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geography

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

Ladywell House, Ladywell Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7TF

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

contact position

Geography

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

Ladywell House, Ladywell Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7TF

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team (GI-SAT), Digital Public Services, DG Enterprise, Environment and Digital

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geography

organisation name

National Records of Scotland

full postal address

Ladywell House, Ladywell Road

Edinburgh

EH12 7TF

United Kingdom

email address

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-02-23

Metadata language