Rural Communities statistics
Statistics on living in rural areas across England.
Defra provides a collection of high level statistics which present an overall picture of living in rural areas across England.
Our Products
Rural Communities statistics
- rural urban classification
- statistical digest of rural England
- rural economy - statistical indicators
- rural living - statistical indicators
- census rural analyses
Other sources of information
Developing our portfolio
The rural portfolio of official statistics is different to the remainder of the wider Defra portfolio in that much of it focuses on looking again at wider socio and economic statistics and drawing out insights by applying the official definitions of rural and urban communities to explore differences as well as rural specific trends. As for the Defra Group portfolio as a whole, we will continue to invest in developing our understanding of user needs and therefore to find the best future balance between compendiums of environmental statistics, regular statistical releases on specific topic and supporting data releases.
Updates to this page
Last updated 22 July 2021 + show all updates
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The link for the Statistical Digest of Rural England now leads to a document collection page instead of the document page.
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Removed signpost to Office for Statistics Regulation User Engagement Survey as survey now closed.
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Amendment made to signpost Office for Statistics Regulation User Engagement Survey.
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First published.