Rural Statistics
Rural affairs is one of the four core pillars of the Defra remit. The Department champions the equitable treatment of rural areas and communities in national, regional and local public policies and programmes. This remit is England-wide.
This website gives access to a wealth of Rural Evidence for policy makers; the people on the ground who are delivering rural strategy; and anyone else with an interest in rural economies and communities.
It offers both interactive querying and mapping facilities through our Rural Evidence Hub (REH) and ‘Off-the-shelf’ Information in the form of reports and maps, the rural atlas, definitions and descriptions.
The Rural Evidence Hub (REH)
Statistics and Maps to Query, Select and Download:
- REH login (Internal) – login page for Internal (Defra) Users through the Intranet.
- REH login (External) – login page for External Users through the Government Gateway.
- REH Guidance – for access to guidance notes and a tutorial for using the Rural Evidence Hub.
'Off-the-shelf' Information and Maps:
- Maps:
- Rural Atlas - for off-the-shelf maps - New
- (All maps are in .jpg format).
- Reports:
- Rural Definitions and Classifications:
- Rural Definition and Local Authority Classification
- including links to maps of the definitions.
- including information on the Primary Care Trusts
- Rural Definition and Local Authority Classification
- Guidance to Geographies, Census and Administrative Areas :
- Super Output Areas (SOAs) and OA(s)
- introduction and overview
- links to ONS and NESS for more information and FAQs.
- Primary Care Trusts
- (latest information)
- Parliamentary Constituencies
- (to be produced shortly)
Links and Downloads:
- Links:
- Downloads:
- Documents are in Excel, Word and Portable Document Format (pdf). You may need to install Microsoft Excel/Word Viewer or Adobe Acrobat Reader, which are available free of charge.
- There is also a link to the Adobe Acrobat Access Plug-in reader for the visually impaired
You can email Defra's Rural Statistics Unit or telephone us on 01904 455251.
Page last modified:
8 April, 2008
Page published: 10 December, 2002