The data here is for the underlying indicators that feed into the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD). WIMD is the Welsh Government’s official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in Wales. It is designed to identify small areas where there are the highest concentrations of several different types of deprivation. The full index is only updated every 4 to 5 years but many of the indicators are updated in the interim period and some are updated annually. All indicators are available down to Lower Super Output Area level. This is a geography that is built from census data – it aims to outline small areas with a population between 1,000 and 3,000 people.

This statistic illustrates the average monthly data usage in rural and urban areas of Wales in 2019, in gigabytes. In 2019, the average monthly data usage in both urban and rural areas of Wales was approximately 338 gigabytes.

More information about the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, its indicators and domains, and its background can be found via the link below.

This statistic illustrates the average upload speed in rural and urban areas of Wales in 2019, in megabit per second (Mbit/s). In 2019, the average upload speed in both rural and urban areas of Wales was eight Mbit/s.

A PDF map showing the Rural Urban Classification (2011) of the OAs in Wales. (File Size - 2 MB)

This collection includes qualitative and quantitative datasets from the Grey and Pleasant Land project, funded under the RCUK's New Dynamics of Ageing programme interdisciplinary research initiative. These data were collected to address the principal project research questions: (1) how and in what ways are older people connected to civic society in rural settings in England and Wales? (2)what is the impact of this connectivity on older people’s quality of life in rural areas? and (3) how is later life experienced across diverse rural contexts and within subgroups of older people? This archived collection comprises data from older people aged 60 and over in six project study sites (from 3 rural place types each [accessible, less accessible, remote and inaccessible] in southwest England and Wales). These include a face-to-face survey of 922 respondents and a supplementary telephone survey with a sub-sample of 419 (Workpackage 1); 68 oral histories focused on leisure over the lifecourse collected in one study site only (North Cornwall) (Workpackage 2); 54 qualitative interviews with older respondents focused on transport and mobility (Workpackage 3); 29 qualitative interviews with older respondents focused on welfare and well-being in rural areas (Workpackage 5); 5 qualitative interviews with policy actors on older people in the study locations in southwest England and Wales (Workpackage 5); threads from the research team's online discussion forum focused on interdisciplinary approaches to investigating rural ageing (Workpackage 7).

The impact of population ageing in rural areas is relatively under-researched in the UK. The aim of this interdisciplinary research programme is to investigate the circumstances, experiences and quality of life impact of older people's inclusion ('connectivity') in rural civic society. The research employs a mixed methods framework of quantitative and qualitative methods and perspectives from the arts and humanities, transport studies, the social and geographic sciences and informatics to characterise key aspects of older people's connectivities (ie, cultural, spatial, social, economic and technological) in rural community life and the role which these links play in facilitating civic engagement. The research is being carried out in six case study areas in South West England and Wales and addresses the following principal questions: (1) How and in what ways are older people connected to civic society in these rural settings? (2) What is the impact of this connectivity on older people's quality of life in rural areas? (3) How is later life experienced across diverse rural contexts and within subgroups of older people? (4) How can novel interdisciplinary approaches be used to capture and disseminate evidence about older people's participation in and contributions to rural civic society, ie, as a source of rural community capital?

Rural Payments Wales (RPWD) - Rural Payments Wales is a safety net for farmers as a supplement to their main farm business income.

A PDF map showing the Rural Urban Classification (2011) of the LSOAs in Wales. (File Size - 1 MB)

This statistic illustrates the average download sync speeds in megabit per second (Mbit/s) in rural and urban areas in Wales in 2019. In 2019, the average download sync speed in urban areas of Wales was 54 Mbit/s.

A PDF map showing the Rural Urban Classification (2011) of the MSOAs in Wales. (File Size - 757 KB)

The survey estimates are based on the responses that we receive, which are then used to represent all farms. For further information, please refer to the methodology from the statistical release in the weblink

Data on the energy efficiency of dwellings, environmental impact score and estimated CO2 emissions in England and Wales at the country and region level. These are broken down by property type, tenure, age of property and whether a dwelling is new or existing.

Number of public houses and bars, employment in them and median employment per workplace, broken down by employee size and rural urban classification for 2001 to 2018.

This file provides a rural-urban view of 2001 Output Areas (OA) in England and Wales. The ZIP file contains the Rural Urban Classification in XLSX and CSV format and includes a user guide. The files were originally from the NeSS website. Click on the Download button in the top right corner to download the file.The classification of rural and urban areas is the outcome of a project co-sponsored by:Office for National Statistics (ONS);Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra);Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now Communities and Local Government);Countryside Agency (CA); andNational Assembly for Wales (NAW).The classification was developed in 2004 by a consortium co-ordinated by Prof. John Shepherd from Birkbeck College. The technical work was lead by Peter Bibby of University of Sheffield and the project also involved the University of Glamorgan and Geowise. The rural and urban classification of Output Areas (this dataset), Super Output Areas and Wards has been provided to enable datasets to be analysed according to the classification. This provides a powerful tool for the development and monitoring of rural and urban policies.Please Note: Output Areas do not have all the same codes as the SOA and Ward level Datasets. For SOAs and Wards the classifications for ‘Villages, Hamlets and Isolated Dwellings’ have been combined.The classification enables each of the 175,434 Output Areas in England and Wales to be classified on the basis of context i.e. whether the surrounding area of a given Output Area is sparsely populated or less sparsely populated. Secondly, the classification enables Output Areas to be distinguished on a morphological basis - as predominantly urban or predominantly town and fringe, predominantly village or predominantly dispersed (which includes Hamlets and Isolated Dwellings). The key for these are shown below. The town and fringe, village, hamlet and isolated dwellings classifications are taken as being rural.2005 Rural and Urban morphology indicator:1 - denotes predominantly urban >10k2 - denotes predominantly town and fringe3 - denotes predominantly village4 - denotes predominantly dispersed (hamlet and isolated dwellings)2005 Rural and Urban context indicator:0 denotes less sparsely populated areas1 denotes sparsely populated areas

The 2011 rural-urban classification (RUC) of lower layer super output areas in England and Wales is based on the 2011 RUC of output areas published in August 2013, and allows users to create a rural/urban view of LSOA level products. This product was sponsored by a cross-Government working group comprising Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of the Communities and Local Government, Office for National Statistics and the Welsh Government. The classification at LSOA level is built from the RUC at OA level (the most detailed version of the classification). Assignments of LSOA to urban or rural categories are made by reference to the category to which the majority of their constituent OA are assigned (File Size 1.8MB).

Links below to FAQ, Methodology and User GuideFAQ https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/f359d48424664a1584dca319f3dac97f/aboutMethodology https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/833a35f2a1ec49d98466b679ae0a0646/aboutUser Guide https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/c8e8e6db38e04cb8937569d74bce277a/about

The 2011 rural-urban classification (RUC) of middle layer super output areas (MSOA) in England and Wales is based on the 2011 RUC of output areas published in August 2013, and allows users to create a rural/urban view of MSOA level products. This product was sponsored by a cross-Government working group comprising Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of the Communities and Local Government, Office for National Statistics and the Welsh Government. The classification at LSOA level is built from the RUC at OA level (the most detailed version of the classification). Assignments of MSOA to urban or rural categories are made by reference to the category to which the majority of their constituent OA are assigned. In the RUC at OA level, output areas are treated as ‘urban’ if they were allocated to a 2011 built-up area with a population of 10,000 or more. The urban domain is then further sub-divided into three broad morphological types based on the predominant settlement component. As with the previous version of the classification, the remaining ‘rural’ output areas are grouped into three broad morphological types based on the predominant settlement component. At the MSOA scale settlement form is less homogenous than at OA level and so there are just two rural settlement types. The classification also categorises output areas based on context – i.e. whether the wider surrounding area of a given output area is sparsely populated or less sparsely populated (File Size 368KB).REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Rural Urban Classification (2011) of Middle Layer Super Output Areas in England and Wales_new/FeatureServer

The data here shows indicator data (that underlies the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation or WIMD), broken down by age. WIMD is the Welsh Government’s official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in Wales. It is designed to identify small areas where there are the highest concentrations of several different types of deprivation. The full index is only updated every 4 to 5 years but some of the indicators are updated in the interim period. Most indicators are available down to Lower Super Output Area level. This is a geography that is built from census data – it aims to outline small areas with a population between 1,000 and 3,000 people.