Postcode to OA (2021) to LSOA to MSOA to LAD with 2011 Classifications (August 2023) Best Fit Lookup in the UK

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Dataset information

Catalog
Office for National Statistics catalog
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Updated
2025.12.10 09:43
Created
2023.08.24
Available languages
English
Keywords
2023, Output Areas, Postcode Lookups, LAD, Workplace Zone Classification, Super Output Area Classification, Lower Layer Super Output Areas, Middle Layer Super Output Area, Postcode to Output Area Hierarchy with Classifications Lookup, classification, Lower Layer Super Output Area, NSPCL, Output Area, Lookup, UK, AUG_2023, Output Area Classification, Local Authority Classification, Lookups, Postcode, Postcodes, Local Authority Districts, MSOA, Local Authority District, LSOA, Middle Layer Super Output Areas, LUP_BFT_PCD_OA21_OAC11
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Dataset description

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:17px;'>A best-fit lookup between postcodes, 2021 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:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:17px;'> August 2023 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:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:17px;'>(File size 44MB).</span><div style='font-size:17px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;'><font style='font-family:inherit;'>Field Names - PCD7, PCD8, PCDS, DOINTR, DOTERM, USERTYPE, OSEAST1M, OSNRTH1M, OA21CD, OAC11CD, OAC11NM, WZ11CD, WZC11CD, WZC11NM, LSOA21CD, LSOA21NM, MSOA21CD, MSOA21NM, LADCD, LADNM, LADNMW, LACCD, LACNM</font></div><div style='font-size:17px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;'><font style='font-family:inherit;'>Field Types - All Text</font></div><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, 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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