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Postcode to OA (2011) to LSOA to MSOA to LAD (August 2018) Best Fit Lookup in the UK

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
11 August 2025
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Summary

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 August 2018 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).Field Names - PCD7, PCD8, PCDS, DOINTR, DOTERM, USERTYPE, OA11CD, LSOA11CD, MSOA11CD, LADCD, LSOA11NM, MSOA11NM, LADNM, LADNMWField Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, TextField Lengths - 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 55, 65, 45, 45

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