Postcode to Output Area Hierarchy with Classifications (May 2019) Lookup in the UK
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Dataset information
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Country of origin
Updated
2019.05.29 09:33
Created
2019.05.29
Available languages
English
Keywords
classification, Local Authority Districts, Workplace Zone Classification, Output Area, Postcode to Output Area Hierarchy with Classifications Lookup, UK, Local Authority District, MSOA, Postcodes, LSOA, Postcode Lookups, May_2019, LUP_PCD_OAC, Latest_Lookups, Middle Layer Super Output Areas, PCD, Local Authority Classification, Output Areas, latest lookups, Lookup, Postcode, Lower Layer Super Output Area, LUP_PCD, Lower Layer Super Output Areas, LAD, Middle Layer Super Output Area, NSPCL, Output Area Classification, Super Output Area Classification, OA
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Quality scoring
80
Dataset description
<span style='font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;'>A best-fit lookup between postcodes, frozen 2011 Census Output Areas (OA), Workplace Zones (WZ), Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) and current local authority districts (LAD) along with OA, WZ, and LAD classifications as at</span><span style='font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;'> May 2019 in the UK. Postcodes are best-fitted by plotting the location of the postcode's mean address into the areas of the output geographies. </span><span style='font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;'>(File size 45MB).</span><div style='font-size: 17px; font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;'><font style='font-family: inherit;'>Field Names - PCD7, PCD8, PCDS, DOINTR, DOTERM, USERTYPE, OSEAST1M, OSNRTH1M, OA11CD, OAC11CD, OAC11NM, WZ11CD, WZC11CD, WZC11NM, LSOA11CD, LSOA11NM, MSOA11CD, MSOA11NM, LADCD, LADNM, LADNMW, LACCD, LACNM</font></div><div style='font-size: 17px; font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;'><font style='font-family: inherit;'>Field Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, </font>Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text</div><span style='font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;'>Field Lengths - 7, 8, 8, 6, 6, 1, 6, 7, 9, 3, 48, 9, 2, 60, 9, 63, 9, 35, 9, 36, 35, 3, 48</span>
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