(File Size - 29 KB). The 2011 rural-urban classification (RUC) of clinical
commissioning groups (CCG) in England is based on the 2011 RUC of output areas
published in August 2013, and allows users to create a rural/urban view of
clinical commissioning group level products. The classification was produced by
the University of Sheffield and was sponsored by a cross-Government
working group comprising Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
Department of the Communities and Local Government and Office for National
Statistics. Also included are a range of population counts for each CCG
including - Total Rural population (2011), Urban City and Town
population (2011), Urban Minor Conurbation population (2011), Urban
Major Conurbation population (2011), Total Urban population
(2011), Total population (2011), Hub towns (rural related) population
included in Urban population (2011), Rural including hub towns (rural
& rural related) population (2011) and Rural including hub towns
(rural & rural related) population as % of Total population (2011).