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Postcode area | Area covered | Population (2011) | Households (2011) | Postcodes | Active postcodes | Non-geographic postcodes |
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AB | Aberdeen | 499,692 | 218,798 | 39,259 | 17,378 | 4 |
AL | St Albans | 249,911 | 99,209 | 11,481 | 7,798 | 0 |
B | Birmingham | 1,904,293 | 750,842 | 62,597 | 41,910 | 0 |
BA | Bath | 434,539 | 183,530 | 20,524 | 15,489 | 0 |
BB | Blackburn | 488,564 | 202,015 | 19,287 | 13,532 | 0 |
BD | Bradford | 578,374 | 223,952 | 23,853 | 17,277 | 12 |
BF | British Forces | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
BH | Bournemouth | 552,110 | 242,907 | 22,654 | 15,285 | 0 |
BL | Bolton | 379,929 | 159,979 | 14,118 | 10,394 | 0 |
BN | Brighton | 802,838 | 356,367 | 35,818 | 22,415 | 1 |
BR | Bromley | 299,157 | 124,954 | 10,740 | 6,790 | 0 |
BS | Bristol | 940,076 | 398,197 | 46,471 | 27,330 | 0 |
BT | Northern Ireland | 1,787,720 | 693,967 | 62,929 | 49,986 | 835 |
CA | Carlisle | 318,114 | 140,587 | 16,550 | 12,845 | 0 |
CB | Cambridge | 421,151 | 167,640 | 19,629 | 11,082 | 0 |
CF | Cardiff | 1,005,305 | 419,896 | 42,999 | 23,420 | 0 |
CH | Chester | 659,880 | 285,880 | 24,708 | 19,063 | 0 |
CM | Chelmsford | 653,626 | 270,044 | 28,196 | 18,445 | 0 |
CO | Colchester | 411,411 | 176,939 | 18,622 | 13,657 | 0 |
CR | Croydon | 405,236 | 158,695 | 15,086 | 8,021 | 0 |
CT | Canterbury | 482,627 | 206,290 | 20,324 | 15,205 | 0 |
CV | Coventry | 821,033 | 341,504 | 29,101 | 21,015 | 0 |
CW | Crewe | 309,487 | 130,803 | 14,424 | 9,788 | 0 |
DA | Dartford | 430,139 | 173,329 | 13,298 | 9,191 | 0 |
DD | Dundee | 280,568 | 128,312 | 11,527 | 9,101 | 0 |
DE | Derby | 730,125 | 306,586 | 30,749 | 17,849 | 0 |
DG | Dumfries and Galloway | 151,139 | 67,885 | 7,823 | 6,894 | 2 |
DH | Durham | 309,030 | 132,814 | 11,725 | 9,147 | 0 |
DL | Darlington | 360,734 | 156,814 | 17,001 | 13,482 | 0 |
DN | Doncaster | 756,058 | 320,303 | 28,501 | 22,159 | 0 |
DT | Dorchester | 212,796 | 93,053 | 10,070 | 7,916 | 0 |
DY | Dudley | 410,847 | 171,692 | 14,684 | 11,085 | 0 |
E | East London | 989,043 | 370,613 | 29,539 | 16,892 | 0 |
EC | Central London | 33,956 | 17,102 | 12,632 | 3,605 | 0 |
EH | Edinburgh | 868,113 | 389,353 | 33,469 | 25,192 | 9 |
EN | Enfield | 344,780 | 137,907 | 13,332 | 8,552 | 58 |
EX | Exeter | 547,401 | 235,895 | 29,377 | 22,790 | 0 |
FK | Falkirk and Stirling | 276,371 | 119,790 | 9,769 | 7,784 | 0 |
FY | Blackpool | 276,593 | 125,986 | 10,297 | 7,392 | 0 |
G | Glasgow | 1,183,614 | 540,601 | 47,615 | 32,325 | 2 |
GL | Gloucester | 605,458 | 257,602 | 29,461 | 21,579 | 0 |
GU | Guildford | 726,120 | 288,537 | 36,496 | 22,534 | 1 |
HA | Harrow | 480,678 | 169,132 | 17,897 | 10,234 | 0 |
HD | Huddersfield | 262,843 | 111,694 | 10,863 | 7,206 | 0 |
HG | Harrogate | 138,214 | 59,455 | 6,452 | 4,496 | 0 |
HP | Hemel Hempstead | 488,592 | 195,951 | 22,336 | 14,104 | 0 |
HR | Hereford | 176,308 | 75,400 | 8,086 | 6,520 | 0 |
HS | Outer Hebrides | 27,663 | 12,565 | 1,114 | 977 | 0 |
HU | Hull | 443,219 | 191,836 | 15,670 | 11,256 | 0 |
HX | Halifax | 160,137 | 68,980 | 7,530 | 5,705 | 0 |
IG | Ilford | 335,693 | 119,754 | 10,321 | 6,114 | 0 |
IP | Ipswich | 595,883 | 252,895 | 27,712 | 21,715 | 0 |
IV | Inverness | 228,056 | 98,990 | 11,006 | 7,533 | 2 |
KA | Kilmarnock | 370,877 | 166,467 | 14,422 | 11,771 | 2 |
KT | Kingston upon Thames | 529,633 | 214,274 | 22,812 | 14,237 | 0 |
KW | Kirkwall | 53,132 | 24,290 | 2,127 | 1,858 | 0 |
KY | Kirkcaldy | 363,956 | 160,089 | 13,410 | 10,270 | 1 |
L | Liverpool | 856,675 | 370,680 | 43,938 | 20,799 | 0 |
LA | Lancaster | 328,926 | 143,213 | 14,961 | 11,942 | 0 |
LD | Llandrindod Wells | 50,225 | 22,291 | 2,693 | 2,217 | 0 |
LE | Leicester | 985,352 | 391,460 | 35,542 | 23,114 | 1 |
LL | Llandudno | 537,252 | 232,655 | 24,655 | 20,282 | 0 |
LN | Lincoln | 293,141 | 126,372 | 12,302 | 9,493 | 0 |
LS | Leeds | 774,677 | 330,676 | 32,696 | 22,068 | 0 |
LU | Luton | 336,095 | 129,149 | 10,740 | 6,425 | 0 |
M | Manchester | 1,167,414 | 492,884 | 59,853 | 32,297 | 1 |
ME | Rochester | 606,891 | 245,786 | 23,053 | 17,024 | 0 |
MK | Milton Keynes | 508,035 | 202,926 | 23,578 | 16,042 | 0 |
ML | Motherwell | 382,997 | 168,005 | 12,024 | 9,835 | 0 |
N | North London | 847,197 | 344,938 | 30,272 | 17,624 | 211 |
NE | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,162,976 | 510,229 | 46,139 | 33,747 | 1 |
NG | Nottingham | 1,163,617 | 493,228 | 38,386 | 29,572 | 0 |
NN | Northampton | 653,055 | 272,356 | 25,841 | 16,898 | 0 |
NP | Newport | 488,569 | 206,539 | 28,396 | 13,896 | 0 |
NR | Norwich | 722,618 | 315,784 | 29,023 | 24,115 | 0 |
NW | North West London | 553,732 | 222,208 | 26,363 | 14,197 | 105 |
OL | Oldham | 462,590 | 188,194 | 17,945 | 13,187 | 0 |
OX | Oxford | 613,492 | 242,551 | 35,885 | 20,345 | 0 |
PA | Paisley | 321,350 | 148,778 | 13,156 | 9,492 | 0 |
PE | Peterborough | 890,470 | 373,108 | 40,148 | 27,462 | 0 |
PH | Perth | 165,118 | 73,021 | 7,571 | 6,208 | 0 |
PL | Plymouth | 543,016 | 232,152 | 23,094 | 17,806 | 0 |
PO | Portsmouth | 822,540 | 352,453 | 33,615 | 24,419 | 1 |
PR | Preston | 520,366 | 219,388 | 20,650 | 13,582 | 0 |
RG | Reading | 778,419 | 314,408 | 46,477 | 23,681 | 0 |
RH | Redhill | 531,923 | 217,143 | 24,900 | 16,338 | 0 |
RM | Romford | 517,305 | 205,322 | 15,684 | 10,012 | 0 |
S | Sheffield | 1,358,186 | 578,058 | 50,437 | 34,365 | 2 |
SA | Swansea | 730,075 | 315,791 | 29,692 | 23,310 | 0 |
SE | South East London | 988,126 | 412,444 | 35,505 | 20,855 | 223 |
SG | Stevenage | 402,479 | 167,182 | 17,371 | 12,082 | 0 |
SK | Stockport | 603,540 | 260,549 | 25,523 | 16,684 | 4 |
SL | Slough | 373,407 | 144,554 | 16,908 | 10,682 | 0 |
SM | Sutton | 217,171 | 87,907 | 6,809 | 4,342 | 0 |
SN | Swindon | 458,798 | 191,252 | 21,964 | 14,622 | 0 |
SO | Southampton | 665,472 | 276,330 | 40,732 | 18,556 | 0 |
SP | Salisbury | 232,282 | 94,658 | 11,574 | 8,700 | 0 |
SR | Sunderland | 250,843 | 109,612 | 8,994 | 6,793 | 177 |
SS | Southend-on-Sea | 518,631 | 216,682 | 17,585 | 11,962 | 0 |
ST | Stoke-on-Trent | 644,416 | 275,646 | 22,986 | 17,805 | 0 |
SW | South West London | 877,183 | 382,790 | 37,338 | 20,041 | 0 |
SY | Shrewsbury | 341,952 | 144,660 | 17,546 | 14,612 | 1 |
TA | Taunton | 322,408 | 139,414 | 15,184 | 12,053 | 0 |
TD | Galashiels | 112,644 | 52,111 | 5,324 | 4,525 | 0 |
TF | Telford | 212,536 | 85,637 | 9,520 | 7,176 | 0 |
TN | Tonbridge | 681,747 | 286,228 | 33,416 | 23,060 | 0 |
TQ | Torquay | 281,112 | 125,365 | 13,427 | 10,087 | 0 |
TR | Truro | 294,061 | 127,803 | 15,836 | 12,458 | 0 |
TS | Cleveland | 602,320 | 256,341 | 23,316 | 17,790 | 0 |
TW | Twickenham | 491,918 | 193,508 | 20,557 | 11,115 | 61 |
UB | Southall | 371,413 | 126,879 | 11,764 | 7,192 | 0 |
W | West London | 531,690 | 236,493 | 40,536 | 18,626 | 0 |
WA | Warrington | 616,482 | 261,804 | 26,114 | 18,316 | 0 |
WC | Central London | 35,745 | 15,757 | 7,503 | 2,573 | 0 |
WD | Watford | 256,476 | 103,336 | 16,146 | 7,420 | 1 |
WF | Wakefield | 512,784 | 214,107 | 18,711 | 14,697 | 0 |
WN | Wigan | 309,156 | 131,514 | 9,374 | 7,281 | 0 |
WR | Worcester | 287,838 | 122,730 | 12,872 | 8,961 | 0 |
WS | Walsall | 449,728 | 181,669 | 15,160 | 10,289 | 1 |
WV | Wolverhampton | 396,187 | 162,933 | 14,463 | 10,611 | 137 |
YO | York | 562,761 | 242,140 | 35,091 | 19,185 | 0 |
ZE | Lerwick | 23,086 | 9,915 | 757 | 657 | 0 |