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Postcode (May 2021) to OA (2021) to LSOA to MSOA to LAD to CTYUA to RGN to CTRY (May 2021) Best Fit Lookup in EW

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
24 September 2026
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Summary

A best-fit lookup between postcodes, 2021 Census Output Areas (OA), LSOAs, MSOAs, LADs, CTYUAs, regions (RGN), countries (CTRY) and nationalities (NAT) as at May 2021 in England and Wales. Postcodes are best-fitted by plotting the location of the postcode's mean address into the areas of the output geographies. (File size 23 MB).Field Names - PCD, GRIDGB1E, GRIDGB1N, OA21CD, LSOA21CD, LSOA21NM, MSOA21CD, MSOA21NM, LAD22CD, LAD22NM, LAD22NMW, CTYUA22CD, CTYUA22NM, CTYUA22NMW, RGN22CD, RGN22NM, RGN22NMW, CTRY22CD, CTRY22NM, CTRY22NMW, NAT22CD, NAT22NM, NAT22NMWField Types - All TextField Lengths - 7, 6, 7, 9, 9, 60, 9, 60, 9, 60, 60, 9, 60, 60, 9, 30, 30, 9, 10, 10, 9, 20, 20

Data links

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Shapefile ZIP – 24/9/2026
ArcGIS Hub Dataset HTML – 9/12/2025
KML KML – 26/5/2025
GeoJSON GEOJSON – 26/5/2025
ArcGIS GeoService ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API – 26/5/2025
CSV CSV Preview 26/5/2025

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Harvest GUID
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