National Statistics Postcode Lookup - 2021 Census (November 2022) for the UK

This file contains the National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) for the United Kingdom as at November 2022 in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) and ASCII text (TXT) formats. To download the zip file click the Download button. The NSPL relates both current and terminated postcodes to a range of current statutory geographies via ‘best-fit’ allocation from the 2021 Census Output Areas (national parks and Workplace Zones are exempt from ‘best-fit’ and use ‘exact-fit’ allocations) for England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland has the 2011 Census Output AreasIt supports the production of area based statistics from postcoded data. The NSPL is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The NSPL is issued quarterly.  (File size - 189 MB). 

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Source https://open-geography-portalx-ons.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/ons::national-statistics-postcode-lookup-2021-census-november-2022-for-the-uk
Last Updated August 25, 2025, 20:06 (UTC)
Created September 20, 2023, 22:03 (UTC)