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For routing of postal mails, Royal Mail has divided the UK into smaller geographical units in a hierarchical manner. At the top of this hierarchy are postcode areas. Postcode areas are the largest geographic group into which UK is divided and forms the first few characters of a UK Postcode. There are about 124 postcode areas in use out of which 121 are geographic postcode areas. Post towns and postcode districts are sub-regions of a postcode area.

Find details such as population, households, total postcodes and active postcodes of 124 postcode areas in the table below.

Postcode Area Postcode Area Name Population Households Postcodes Active Postcodes Non Geographic Postcodes
AB Aberdeen 499692 218798 38387 16858 0
AL St Albans 249911 99209 11182 7700 0
B Birmingham 1904293 750842 60234 41426 0
BA Bath 434539 183530 19468 14926 0
BB Blackburn 488564 202015 18515 13089 0
BD Bradford 578374 223952 22977 16917 12
BH Bournemouth 552110 242907 21822 15128 0
BL Bolton 379929 159979 13724 10279 0
BN Brighton 802838 356367 34288 22028 1
BR Bromley 299157 124954 10415 6887 0
BS Bristol 940076 398197 44543 26545 0
BT Northern Ireland 1772429 687553 51734 51734 0
CA Carlisle 318114 140587 15938 12496 0
CB Cambridge 421151 167640 18711 10306 0
CF Cardiff 1005305 419896 41794 23184 0
CH Chester 659880 285880 23805 18623 0
CM Chelmsford 653626 270044 26475 17566 0
CO Colchester 411411 176939 17506 12935 0
CR Croydon 405236 158695 14317 7998 0
CT Canterbury 482627 206290 19299 14684 0
CV Coventry 821033 341504 27358 19775 0
CW Crewe 309487 130803 13510 9217 0
DA Dartford 430139 173329 12489 8932 0
DD Dundee 280568 128312 11129 8888 0
DE Derby 730125 306586 29422 16829 0
DG Dumfries and Galloway 151139 67885 7660 6816 0
DH Durham 309030 132814 11267 8907 0
DL Darlington 360734 156814 16387 13178 0
DN Doncaster 756058 320303 27338 21494 0
DT Dorchester 212796 93053 9577 7735 0
DY Dudley 410847 171692 14257 10974 0
E East London 989043 370613 27259 16144 0
EC Central London 33956 17102 12427 3917 0
EH Edinburgh 868113 389353 31553 24072 0
EN Enfield 344780 137907 12783 8547 61
EX Exeter 547401 235895 27897 21943 1
FK Falkirk and Stirling 276371 119790 9468 7667 0
FY Blackpool 276593 125986 9862 7237 0
G Glasgow 1183614 540601 46051 31562 0
GL Gloucester 605458 257602 27935 20668 0
GU Guildford 726120 288537 34749 21916 0
GY Guernsey - - - - -
HA Harrow 480678 169132 17137 10310 0
HD Huddersfield 262843 111694 10594 7081 0
HG Harrogate 138214 59455 6196 4377 0
HP Hemel Hempstead 488592 195951 21253 13825 0
HR Hereford 176308 75400 7765 6307 0
HS Outer Hebrides 27663 12565 1078 963 0
HU Hull 443219 191836 14948 10825 0
HX Halifax 160137 68980 7284 5655 0
IG Ilford 335693 119754 9741 5878 0
IM Isle of Man - - - - -
IP Ipswich 595883 252895 26361 20769 0
IV Inverness 228056 98990 10506 7216 1
JE Jersey - - - - -
KA Kilmarnock 370877 166467 13947 11550 0
KT Kingston upon Thames 529633 214274 21947 14267 0
KW Kirkwall 53132 24290 2084 1824 0
KY Kirkcaldy 363956 160089 12937 10000 0
L Liverpool 856675 370680 42670 20369 0
LA Lancaster 328926 143213 14490 11770 0
LD Llandrindod Wells 50225 22291 2622 2206 0
LE Leicester 985352 391460 33700 21968 0
LL Llandudno 537252 232655 24082 20096 0
LN Lincoln 293141 126372 11714 9052 0
LS Leeds 774677 330676 31141 21413 0
LU Luton 336095 129149 10111 6205 0
M Manchester 1167414 492884 57709 31562 0
ME Rochester 606891 245786 21441 16064 0
MK Milton Keynes 508035 202926 22034 15006 0
ML Motherwell 382997 168005 11494 9556 0
N North London 847197 344938 28568 17498 0
NE Newcastle upon Tyne 1162976 510229 44245 32914 0
NG Nottingham 1163617 493228 36524 28531 0
NN Northampton 653055 272356 24221 16008 0
NP Newport 488569 206539 27654 13566 0
NR Norwich 722618 315784 27675 23096 0
NW North West London 553732 222208 24896 14107 0
OL Oldham 462590 188194 17447 13036 0
OX Oxford 613492 242551 33895 19239 0
PA Paisley 321350 148778 12736 9280 0
PE Peterborough 890470 373108 38107 25995 0
PH Perth 165118 73021 7257 6032 0
PL Plymouth 543016 232152 21906 17264 0
PO Portsmouth 822540 352453 32132 23846 0
PR Preston 520366 219388 19421 12829 0
RG Reading 778419 314408 44833 22770 0
RH Redhill 531923 217143 23486 15856 0
RM Romford 517305 205322 14811 9823 0
S Sheffield 1358186 578058 48211 33163 0
SA Swansea 730075 315791 28953 23114 0
SE South East London 988126 412444 33169 20435 0
SG Stevenage 402479 167182 16449 11720 0
SK Stockport 603540 260549 24485 16256 0
SL Slough 373407 144554 16397 10719 0
SM Sutton 217171 87907 6500 4369 0
SN Swindon 458798 191252 20821 14204 0
SO Southampton 665472 276330 39378 18122 0
SP Salisbury 232282 94658 11037 8426 0
SR Sunderland 250843 109612 8514 6546 0
SS Southend-on-Sea 518631 216682 16951 11792 0
ST Stoke-on-Trent 644416 275646 22225 17451 0
SW South West London 877183 382790 35704 20369 0
SY Shrewsbury 341952 144660 16903 14253 0
TA Taunton 322408 139414 14371 11534 0
TD Galashiels 112644 52111 5168 4459 0
TF Telford 212536 85637 8983 6842 0
TN Tonbridge 681747 286228 31835 22443 0
TQ Torquay 281112 125365 12937 9927 0
TR Truro 294061 127803 14880 11822 0
TS Cleveland 602320 256341 22525 17292 0
TW Twickenham 491918 193508 19678 11090 0
UB Southall 371413 126879 11282 7083 0
W West London 531690 236493 39509 19125 0
WA Warrington 616482 261804 25131 18017 0
WC Central London 35745 15757 7368 2739 0
WD Watford 256476 103336 15683 7317 0
WF Wakefield 512784 214107 17832 14178 0
WN Wigan 309156 131514 8976 7062 0
WR Worcester 287838 122730 12152 8479 0
WS Walsall 449728 181669 14557 9939 0
WV Wolverhampton 396187 162933 14058 10372 35
YO York 562761 242140 33614 18250 0
ZE Lerwick 23086 9915 740 647 0

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