Postcode to OA (2011) to LSOA to MSOA to LAD (August 2021) Best Fit Lookup in the UK

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Dataset information

Catalog

Office for National Statistics catalog

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Updated

2025.08.11 07:50

Created

2022.07.20

Available languages

English

Keywords

PCD, Output Area, AUG_2021, LSOA, UK, 2021, LAD, Postcodes, Output Areas, LUP_BestFit_PCD_OA11_LSOA11_MSOA11_LAD, Postcode, Local Authority Districts, LUP_PCD_OA_LSOA_MSOA_LAD, Lower Layer Super Output Area, Local Authority District, Middle Layer Super Output Areas, ZIP File, PCD_OA_LSOA_MSOA_LAD, Middle Layer Super Output Area, Lower Layer Super Output Areas, OA, Postcode Lookups, MSOA, Lookups, LUP_PCD

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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), Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) and current local authority districts (LAD) 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;'> August 2021 in the UK. Postcodes are best-fitted by plotting the location of the postcode's mean address into the areas of the output geographies. (File size 24 MB).</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, OA11CD, LSOA11CD, MSOA11CD, LADCD, LSOA11NM, MSOA11NM, LADNM, LADNMW</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 - All Text</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 Lengths - 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 55, 65, 45, 45</font></div>

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