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As these reflect different needs in different nations (for instance, Scotland is far more concerned with remoteness), these scales are not directly comparable.

England/Wales have an 11 point scale, Scotland has a varying 2,3,6 and 8 scale, and Northern Ireland has 8 bands for settlement size with a 3 point urban/rural scale (this is a Urban/Rural/Mixed as opposed to Scotland's 3-point scale, which splits rural areas by remoteness).
England/Wales have an 8 point scale for LSOA, Scotland has a varying 2,3,6 and 8 scale, and Northern Ireland has 8 bands for settlement size with a 3 point urban/rural scale (this is a Urban/Rural/Mixed as opposed to Scotland's 3-point scale, which splits rural areas by remoteness).

While all split in some form into rural/urban areas, these are based on different definitions. For England/Wales a rural area is part of a settlement of less than 10,000 people, while for Northern Ireland this is less than 5,000 people and Scotland it is less than 3,000 people.

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