Data zones
Scotland's small areas for statistics, similar to LSOAs in England and Wales. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is published on them.
Name in the API
dataZoneCovers
Scotland
Areas in the latest release
7,392
Published by
Scottish Government
Boundary releases
The Atlas holds 4 releases of these boundaries, newest first. Use the release id wherever an endpoint asks for release.
| Release | Description | Areas | Map tiles |
|---|---|---|---|
2022-sc-bfc | Data zones, 2022 (Scotland, full resolution, clipped) | 7,392 | – |
2021-ni | Data zones, 2021 (Northern Ireland) | 3,780 | – |
2011-12-sc-nc | Data zones, December 2011 (Scotland, not clipped) | 6,976 | – |
2011-12-sc-bfc | Data zones, December 2011 (Scotland, full resolution, clipped) | 6,976 | Yes |
Boundaries are published by Scottish Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Get attribution text gives the credit line for a map.
Datasets on these areas
| Datasets | Code year | Periods | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deprivation | 2011 | 2020 | Scotland |
Request it
List the areas in the latest release:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/areas?geography=dataZone&release=2022-sc-bfc&limit=5"Draw them on a map with vector tiles:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/map-resources/dataZone/2011-12-sc-bfc/tiles.json"/areas/{geography}/{release}/{code}/geometryGet an area's shapeget/areas:containsFind areas at a pointget/boundary-releases:resolveFind boundaries for a dateDownloads
Every release has an area-code lookup table. Releases with map resources also have downloadable PMTiles and GeoParquet shapes. The source and licence information above applies to these files too; preserve the attribution and note any cleaning or reformatting when you redistribute one.