The London Workplace Zone Classification (LWZC) is a geodemographic classification based on various data sources including the 2011 UK census. It provides insight into the variegated workplace functions and nature of employment across Greater London by segmenting London’s 8,154 workplace zones into categories based on 92 characteristics to broadly define each zone’s employment structure, its employer and employee characteristics, commuting accessibility and residential context.

The broader context attests to distinctive patterns within the capital that are not apparent when using the nationwide COWZ-UK (Classification of Workplace Zones) classification of the London area. The LWZC classification sorts workplace zones into five groups and further sub- groups, identifying whether each zone principally offers residential, city-focused, infrastructure-based, or integrating and independent services, or whether it offers metropolitan destinations for high streets, retail or leisure. A detailed description of the data sources used and the classification process is available at the CDRC website: data.cdrc.ac.uk