Towards Successful Suburban Town Centres
A study of the relationship between morphology, sociability, economics and accessibility
Please note that this project has finished. The current project is Adaptable Suburbs.
Socio-economic mapping themes and associated data sources
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Data |
Description |
Areal Unit |
Source |
Car Ownership |
Car or van ownership per household |
Census output area |
Census Table KS17 |
Commuting patterns |
Contains journey-to-work flows within and between output areas in England |
Census output area |
2001 Census: Special Workplace Statistics (Level 3) Data were modified via a process known as Small Cell Adjustment Methodology (SCAM). The SCAM process is a disclosure control mechanism. Cells with a 'small' value (0 to 3) are adjusted and given either a 0 or 3 to project individuals (ONS, 2001). |
Classification of occupation |
Data for population aged 16 to 74 by their socio-economic classification, the replacement in the most recent census for social class based on occupation |
Census output area |
Census Table UV31 (Resident population) |
Infrastructure |
Railways, Stations (Tube and Rail), A, B and minor roads, motorways and car parks |
Polylines and points |
Ordnance Survey Meridian and Address Layers 2 |
Method of travel to work |
Usual population aged 16 to 74 and their method of travel to work. The method of travel to work is for the longest part, by distance, of the usual journey to work. The data was mapped for each suburb as place of work and place of residence |
Census output area |
Census Table UV39 (Resident population) |
Functional activity land uses |
Address Layer 2 is a product derived primarily from the Royal Mail postal address file (PAF), whereby each postal address (delivery point) has been allocated a unique reference and national grid reference. Supplementary to these data Address Layer 2 also incorporates information about geographically derived address locations that do not have specific postal addresses. It has been used in the project to locate positions of different types of land use, but it is limited because is does not provide data about floor space and size of activity. |
Points based on national grid coordinates (x,y). |
Ordnance Survey Address Layer 2 |
Project contacts: email: l.vaughan@ucl.ac.uk - telephone: +44 (0)20 3108 9042 - general enquiries: contact us
EPSRC reference: EP/D06595X/1