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Census 2011 - Postcode Units

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
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Summary

Postcode unit boundaries are created and maintained by National Records of Scotland (NRS) for every live small user postcode so that the entire land surface of Scotland is covered by postcode polygons. This is the set of postcode boundaries used for 2011 census outputs. The dataset contains 145,690 postcode polygons.

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Data links

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CEN2011:PostcodeUnit2011 – 11/2/2025
PostcodeUnit2011 – 11/2/2025

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
11 February 2025
Harvest GUID
446d9578-fafe-4cdb-a25c-3d07ce49f11d
Extent (Latitude)
60.87° to 54.63°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.80° to -0.71°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2013-08-15
Dataset reference date (revision)
2013-10-07
Dataset reference date (publication)
2013-10-07
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Access constraints
The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
Responsible party
National Records of Scotland (publisher)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

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