Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 5 Jan 2026 | Updated: 10 days ago
London Night Workers Classification (LNWC)
Dataset
Summary
Description:
Approximately a quarter of London’s workforce is employed in the evening and night-time economy, working between the hours of 6pm and 6am. Compared to those people who work during the day, there is little public information on where they work, how they travel to work, and what amenities they use during work hours. The London Night Workers Classification (LNWC) is an innovative, specialised geodemographic to enable planners, researchers and policymakers to better understand the complex landscape of night work in London.
The LNWC is an open geodemographic based on the night-working characteristics of all 2021 Lower layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) within Greater London. Uniquely, the classification is built by combining official employment statistics with mobile phone mobility footfall data. Using these data, LSOAs were segmented into seven geographic clusters, each with its own distinctive night-working characteristics.
## Content
The LNWC is constructed using mobile phone activity data (BT footfall data licensed through the GLA High Streets Data Service) and employment structure data (Directory of London Businesses, available through the London Datastore).
The data are provided in CSV format at LSOA level for Greater London. Additional resources, including a variable dictionary and a technical report, are also available for download.
## Quality, Representation and Bias
All processing steps and methodological details are documented in a peer-reviewed paper published in _Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science_ as well as a technical report. Final cluster allocations and interpretations were shared for comment and validation with representatives from the GLA, TfL, local councils and businesses.
Contact Point:
Documentation
Documentation:
Source URL: UCL Social Data Institute, Geographic Data Service Attribution: The
data for this research have been provided by the Geographic Data Service
(GeoDS.ac.uk), a Smart Data Research UK Investment: ES/Z504464/1. Granularity:
LSOA21CD
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
Greater London
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2024
End Date:
31 January 2024
Frequency:
SNAPSHOT
Provenance
Author 1
Name Organisation:
The data for this research have been provided by the Geographic Data Service
(GeoDS.ac.uk), a Smart Data Research UK Investment: ES/Z504464/1.
Origin
Name:
Geographic Data Service