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

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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 May 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, LADNMW
Field Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text
Field Lengths - 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 55, 65, 45, 45

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