Census 2011 - Postcode Units

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.

Data and Resources

PostcodeUnit2011

OGC View Service
CEN2011:PostcodeUnit2011

OGC Feature Download
National Records of Scotland website (archive)

2011 Census Geography Products

Additional Info

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Last Updated	February 12, 2025, 11:11 (UTC)
Created	November 14, 2013, 16:20 (UTC)