Postcode List plus Vector Boundary files – Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA)
This instant download contains 1,787,424 current live plus 888,817 retired UK Postcodes. Postcodes for England & Wales contain Middle Layer (MSOA) , Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) Output Area (OA) names and codes. The vast majority of place-based data is published at Output Area and Super Output Area levels. These are boundaries primarily designed for the publication of the Census. Supplied in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) format. The files are updated quarterly and our clients receive an inclusive complete refresh every three months as part of the service, for no additional fee.
Output
This Postcode to Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA’s) product consists of several Comma Separated Variable (CVS) text files with header records. You’ll initially receive one compressed file (ZIP), which opens into CSV files. CSV files will open with most software applications, including but not limited to Excel, Word, Notepad, Access, SQL etc. If you require the data supplied in another format then we will be more than happy to try and accommodate you at no extra cost.
Files: (1) LSOA-FLL-UK-CSV_1.csv contains 899,380 postcodes; and (2) LSOA-FLL-UK-CSV_2.csv contains 888,044 postcodes – together, representing all current live Postcodes in the UK with their associated LSOA’s. (3) LSOA-FLL-UK-CSV-Retired contains 888,817 postcodes that the Royal Mail have now retired. We have included historic LSOA data historically aligned to these postcodes to give a complete picture. (4) geography.zip which will expand to provide .cpg, .dbf, .prj, .shp, .shx, .xml files for the LOSA areas within England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
CSV Data files
Files contain the following data fields:
- Postcode e.g. “AB10 1YZ”
- Postcode Sector, e.g. “AB10 1”
- Postcode District e.g. “AB10”
- Postcode Area e.g. “AB”
- LSOA Code e.g. “S01006646”
- LSOA Name e.g. “George Street – 02”
- Date Postcode Introduced e.g. “201106”
- Date Postcode Retired (if applicable)
Vector Boundary files
The following Boundary files are provided for: (1) England & Wales, (2) Northern Ireland, (3) Scotland:
- lsoa.cpg
- lsoa.dbf
- lsoa.prj
- lsoa.shp
- lsoa.shx
- lsoa.xml
Coverage
The LSOAs have been maintained as part of the 2011 Census OA maintenance. As with OAs, they have been split or merged where they have breached predefined population and household thresholds.
Output Areas (OAs) are the smallest of the geographies that data is published at and have an average population of about 310 residents.
Lower layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) are made up of groups of OAs, usually four or five. They comprise between 400 and 1,200 households and have a usually resident population between 1,000 and 3,000 persons. There are 33,755 LSOAs in England and 1,917 in Wales: LSOAs have an average population of 1500 people or 650 households. A lot more data is available directly at LSOA level. LSOA’s are useful for providing a structure for collecting and analysing data, as well as being a great unit to display data geographically. However, they are essentially unknown to the public and therefore have limited practical use without the Postcode to LSOA lookup database.
Licensing
Downloads are supplied as licensed products, allowing unlimited reuse of the file content for 12 months. You may cancel the licence at any time without penalty. The licence fee you pay covers the considerable effort taken to compile and update the product, including our manual correction and verification, and finally verification against the latest Royal Mail and Ordnance Survey databases. On or before the 11th month, we will write to you, offering to extend the licence for a further 12 months or to let it expire.
Updates
As part of the fee paid, we will automatically send you a full product file refresher every 3 months for no additional fee. This will ensure the postcodes and associated content remain current.
Guarantees
We have developed internal quality processes to help ensure the data you purchase is fit for purpose. If you are for some reason not satisfied with the data or our work, we offer a no quibble refund in exchange for your feedback.
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Instant Download: A link to the data, is emailed upon payment. We will also email a link to the updated version of this file every three months (included in the fee you pay).
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