CensusPopulationCount2022¶
small-user only
NRS data dictionary (extracted; reviewed (AI-assisted review, 2026-10-02, record))
| Dictionary table | Type | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
spd small user (spd-indexdatadictionary-2026-2.docx) |
Integer | 2022 Census postcode residential count. Cell Key Perturbation has been applied to Scotland’s Census 2022 outputs. This means that small adjustments are made automatically to cells in tables. This is part of our Statistical Disclosure Control methodology; you can read more on the Scotland’s Census website. | |
sspl (SSPL Data Dictionary 2026-2.docx) |
Integer | 2022 Census postcode residential count. Cell Key Perturbation has been applied to Scotland’s Census 2022 outputs. This means that small adjustments are made automatically to cells in tables. This is part of our Statistical Disclosure Control methodology; you can read more on the Scotland’s Census website. |
| Table | Type | Nullable | Category | In the CSV export | SQL Server type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
history table (postcode_simd_history, SPD) |
string | yes | NRS Scottish Postcode Directory field | yes | nvarchar(200) |
main table (postcode_simd, SSPL) |
string | no | NRS Scottish Statistics Postcode Lookup field | yes | nvarchar(200) |
Provenance in the history table (postcode_simd_history, SPD)¶
Where it comes from
| Input | Field | Condition | Reaches the row by |
|---|---|---|---|
SPD/spd_postcodeindex_cut_26_2_csv/SmallUser.csv (pinned, SHA256 fc82f1091ac1…) |
CensusPopulationCount2022 |
records of the small-user file; only the small-user file has it, so it is null for the other's records | the row itself |
Scope: the row itself.
What was done to it: copied. Copied as text from the NRS Scottish Postcode Directory, unchanged; the two files are stacked. (code: simd_ingest/core/spd.py: read_index_file, union_index)
How it is checked (what each check tests; whether a build passed it is in that build's manifest.json["checks"])
spd.small_user.schema: the SPD file's header is exactly the reviewed header, in orderspd.large_user.schema: the SPD file's header is exactly the reviewed header, in orderspd.columns: the two SPD files together carry the expected columnsreadback.history.index_columns: the saved file's NRS columns equal the source, re-read
Why: spd-cut-edition, single-combined-output, record-key
Provenance in the main table (postcode_simd, SSPL)¶
Where it comes from
| Input | Field | Condition | Reaches the row by |
|---|---|---|---|
SSPL/sspl-2026-2/SingleRecord.csv (pinned, SHA256 a6b23a9abfbd…) |
CensusPopulationCount2022 |
the row itself |
Scope: the row itself.
What was done to it: copied. Copied as text from the NRS Scottish Statistics Postcode Lookup, unchanged. (code: simd_ingest/core/sspl.py: build_latest_index)
How it is checked (what each check tests; whether a build passed it is in that build's manifest.json["checks"])
sspl.schema: the SSPL file's header is exactly the reviewed header, in orderreadback.main.index_columns: the saved file's NRS columns equal the source, re-read
Why: sspl-main-table, sspl-allocation-is-part-of-the-contract, two-nrs-cuts