ONS CODING SYSTEM

The 'Office for National Statistics coding system' is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.

Contents
Authorities, wards, and census areas
Civil parishes
ONS codes for counties & districts
Single-tier districts
Two-tier counties & districts
Northern Ireland districts
Non-hierarchical codes for summary data in metropolitan areas
External links

Authorities, wards, and census areas


The code is constructed top down from a 4 character code representing a unitary authority or administrative county & district, eg:
00ECMiddlesbrough (unitary)
or
12Cambridgeshire county
12UBCambridge district

Local Government wards have a two-letter code within their local authority, and 'Census Output Areas' an additional 4 digits within a ward. Census Output Areas are the smallest unit for which census data is published - they contain at least 40 households (preferably 100), and are built up from postcode blocks ''after'' the census data is available, with a view to being socially as homogeneous as possible. A new set of Output Areas will be created for each decennial census. Census 2001 was the first to use this system - previously census data was published for larger 'Enumeration Districts' which were delineated ''before'' the census was conducted. Enumeration Districts are still used for the collection of data but not for publication.
12UBCambridge district
12UBGAPetersfield Ward
12UBGA0001Output Area: Gwydir Street (north of junction with Hooper St)

The authority and ward codes are recognised by Eurostat as Local administrative unit code levels 1 & 2 within the NUTS system.

Civil parishes


An overlapping system encodes Civil Parish areas. Parishes are represented by an additional 3 digits within their local authority:
12UDFenland district
12UD010Tydd St. Giles parish

ONS codes for counties & districts


Also showing NUTS(3) codes thus: (UKH12)
Single-tier districts


London


00AA (UKI11)   City of London


00AB (UKI21)   Barking and Dagenham


00AC (UKI23)   Barnet


00AD (UKI21)   Bexley


00AE (UKI23)   Brent


00AF (UKI22)   Bromley


00AG (UKI11)   Camden


00AH (UKI22)   Croydon


00AJ (UKI23)   Ealing


00AK (UKI21)   Enfield


00AL (UKI21)   Greenwich


00AM (UKI12)   Hackney


00AN (UKI11)   Hammersmith and Fulham


00AP (UKI12)   Haringey


00AQ (UKI23)   Harrow


00AR (UKI21)   Havering


00AS (UKI23)   Hillingdon


00AT (UKI23)   Hounslow


00AU (UKI12)   Islington


00AW (UKI11)   Kensington and Chelsea


00AX (UKI22)   Kingston upon Thames


00AY (UKI12)   Lambeth


00AZ (UKI12)   Lewisham


00BA (UKI22)   Merton


00BB (UKI12)   Newham


00BC (UKI21)   Redbridge


00BD (UKI23)   Richmond upon Thames


00BE (UKI12)   Southwark


00BF (UKI22)   Sutton


00BG (UKI12)   Tower Hamlets


00BH (UKI21)   Waltham Forest


00BJ (UKI11)   Wandsworth


00BK (UKI11)   Westminster

Greater Manchester districts


00BL (UKD32)   Bolton


00BM (UKD32)   Bury


00BN (UKD31)   Manchester


00BP (UKD32)   Oldham


00BQ (UKD32)   Rochdale


00BR (UKD31)   Salford


00BS (UKD31)   Stockport


00BT (UKD31)   Tameside


00BU (UKD31)   Trafford


00BW (UKD32)   Wigan

Merseyside districts


00BX (UKD51)   Knowsley


00BY (UKD52)   Liverpool


00BZ (UKD51)   St Helens


00CA (UKD53)   Sefton


00CB (UKD54)   Wirral

South Yorkshire districts


00CC (UKE31)   Barnsley


00CE (UKE31)   Doncaster


00CF (UKE31)   Rotherham


00CG (UKE32)   Sheffield

Tyne and Wear districts


00CH (UKC22)   Gateshead


00CJ (UKC22)   Newcastle-upon-Tyne


00CK (UKC22)   North Tyneside


00CL (UKC22)   South Tyneside


00CM (UKC23)   Sunderland

West Midlands districts


00CN (UKG31)   Birmingham


00CQ (UKG33)   Coventry


00CR (UKG34)   Dudley


00CS (UKG34)   Sandwell


00CT (UKG32)   Solihull


00CU (UKG35)   Walsall


00CW (UKG35)   Wolverhampton

West Yorkshire districts


00CX (UKE41)   Bradford


00CY (UKE43)   Calderdale


00CZ (UKE43)   Kirklees


00DA (UKE42)   Leeds


00DB (UKE43)   Wakefield

★ Unitary authorities - North East England region


00EB (UKC11)   Hartlepool


00EC (UKC12)   Middlesbrough


00EE (UKC12)   Redcar and Cleveland


00EF (UKC11)   Stockton-on-Tees


00EH (UKC13)   Darlington

★ Unitary authorities - North West England region


00ET (UKD21)   Halton


00EU (UKD21)   Warrington


00EX (UKD41)   Blackburn with Darwen


00EY (UKD42)   Blackpool

★ Unitary authorities - Yorkshire and the Humber region


00FA (UKE11)   Kingston upon Hull


00FB (UKE12)   East Riding of Yorkshire


00FC (UKE13)   North East Lincolnshire


00FD (UKE13)   North Lincolnshire


00FF (UKE21)   York

★ Unitary authorities - East Midlands region


00FK (UKF11)   Derby


00FN (UKF21)   Leicester


00FP (UKF22)   Rutland


00FY (UKF14)   Nottingham

★ Unitary authorities - West Midlands region


00GA (UKG12)   Herefordshire


00GF (UKG21)   Telford and Wrekin


00GL (UKG23)   Stoke-on-Trent

★ Unitary authorities - South West England region


00HA (UKK12)   Bath and North East Somerset


00HB (UKK11)   Bristol


00HC (UKK12)   North Somerset


00HD (UKK12)   South Gloucestershire


00HG (UKK41)   Plymouth


00HH (UKK42)   Torbay


00HN (UKK21)   Bournemouth


00HP (UKK21)   Poole


00HX (UKK14)   Swindon

★ Unitary authorities - East of England region


00JA (UKH11)   Peterborough


00KA (UKH21)   Luton


00KF (UKH31)   Southend-on-Sea


00KG (UKH32)   Thurrock

★ Unitary authorities - South East England region


00LC (UKJ41)   Medway


00MA (UKJ11)   Bracknell Forest


00MB (UKJ11)   West Berkshire


00MC (UKJ11)   Reading


00MD (UKJ11)   Slough


00ME (UKJ11)   Windsor and Maidenhead


00MF (UKJ11)   Wokingham


00MG (UKJ12)   Milton Keynes


00ML (UKJ21)   Brighton and Hove


00MR (UKJ31)   Portsmouth


00MS (UKJ32)   Southampton


00MW (UKJ34)   Isle of Wight

★ Welsh authorities


00NA (UKL11)   Isle of Anglesey


00NC (UKL12)   Gwynedd


00NE (UKL13)   Conwy


00NG (UKL13)   Denbighshire


00NJ (UKL23)   Flintshire


00NL (UKL23)   Wrexham


00NN (UKL24)   Powys


00NQ (UKL14)   Ceredigion


00NS (UKL14)   Pembrokeshire


00NU (UKL14)   Carmarthenshire


00NX (UKL18)   Swansea


00NZ (UKL17)   Neath Port Talbot


00PB (UKL17)   Bridgend


00PD (UKL22)   Vale of Glamorgan


00PF (UKL15)   Rhondda Cynon Taff


00PH (UKL15)   Merthyr Tydfil


00PK (UKL16)   Caerphilly


00PL (UKL16)   Blaenau Gwent


00PM (UKL16)   Torfaen


00PP (UKL21)   Monmouthshire


00PR (UKL21)   Newport


00PT (UKL22)   Cardiff

★ Scottish districts


00QA (UKM10)   Aberdeen


00QB (UKM10)   Aberdeenshire


00QC (UKM21)   Angus


00QD (UKM31/43)   Argyll and Bute


00QE (UKM24)   Scottish Borders


00QF (UKM22)   Clackmannanshire


00QG (UKM31)   West Dunbartonshire


00QH (UKM32)   Dumfries and Galloway


00QJ (UKM21)   Dundee


00QK (UKM33)   East Ayrshire


00QL (UKM31)   East Dunbartonshire


00QM (UKM23)   East Lothian


00QN (UKM35)   East Renfrewshire


00QP (UKM25)   Edinburgh


00QQ (UKM26)   Falkirk


00QR (UKM22)   Fife


00QS (UKM34)   Glasgow


00QT (UKM41/42/43)   Highland


00QU (UKM35)   Inverclyde


00QW (UKM23)   Midlothian


00QX (UKM10/42)   Moray


00QY (UKM33/43)   North Ayrshire


00QZ (UKM36)   North Lanarkshire


00RA (UKM45)   Orkney Islands


00RB (UKM27)   Perth and Kinross


00RC (UKM35)   Renfrewshire


00RD (UKM46)   Shetland Islands


00RE (UKM37)   South Ayrshire


00RF (UKM38)   South Lanarkshire


00RG (UKM27)   Stirling


00RH (UKM28)   West Lothian


00RJ (UKM44)   Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
Two-tier counties & districts


01-07   obsolete, were Greater London & the metropolitan counties

08   obsolete, was Avon


08UB   obsolete, was Bath


08UC   obsolete, was Bristol


08UD   obsolete, was Kingswood


08UE   obsolete, was Northavon


08UF   obsolete, was Wansdyke


08UG   obsolete, was Woodspring

09 (UKH22)   Bedfordshire


09UB   obsolete, was Luton


09UC   Mid Bedfordshire


09UD   Bedford


09UE   South Bedfordshire

10   obsolete, was Berkshire


10UB   obsolete, was Bracknell Forest


10UC   obsolete, was Newbury


10UD   obsolete, was Reading


10UE   obsolete, was Slough


10UF   obsolete, was Windsor and Maidenhead


10UG   obsolete, was Wokingham

11 (UKJ13)   Buckinghamshire


11UB   Aylesbury Vale


11UC   Chiltern


11UD   obsolete, was Milton Keynes


11UE   South Bucks


11UF   Wycombe

12 (UKH12)   Cambridgeshire


12UB   Cambridge


12UC   East Cambridgeshire


12UD   Fenland


12UE   Huntingdonshire


12UF   obsolete, was Peterborough


12UG   South Cambridgeshire

13 (UKD22)   Cheshire


13UB   Chester


13UC   Congleton


13UD   Crewe and Nantwich


13UE   Ellesmere Port and Neston


13UF   obsolete, was Halton


13UG   Macclesfield


13UH   Vale Royal


13UJ   obsolete, was Warrington

14   obsolete, was Cleveland


14UB   obsolete, was Hartlepool


14UC   obsolete, was Langbaurgh-on-Tees


14UD   obsolete, was Middlesbrough


14UE   obsolete, was Stockton-on-Tees

15 (UKK30)   Cornwall and Scilly


15UB   Caradon


15UC   Carrick


15UD   Kerrier


15UE   North Cornwall


15UF   Penwith


15UG   Restormel


15UH   Isles of Scilly

16   Cumbria


16UB (UKD11)   Allerdale


16UC (UKD11)   Barrow-in-Furness


16UD (UKD12)   Carlisle


16UE (UKD11)   Copeland


16UF (UKD12)   Eden


16UG (UKD12)   South Lakeland

17   Derbyshire


17UB (UKF13)   Amber Valley


17UC (UKF12)   Bolsover


17UD (UKF12)   Chesterfield


17UE   obsolete, was Derby


17UF (UKF13)   Derbyshire Dales


17UG (UKF13)   Erewash


17UH (UKF13)   High Peak


17UJ (UKF12)   North East Derbyshire


17UK (UKF13)   South Derbyshire

18 (UKK43)   Devon


18UB   East Devon


18UC   Exeter


18UD   Mid Devon


18UE   North Devon


19UF   obsolete, was Plymouth


18UG   South Hams


18UH   Teignbridge


19UJ   obsolete, was Torbay


18UK   Torridge


18UL   West Devon

19 (UKK22)   Dorset


19UB   obsolete, was Bournemouth


19UC   Christchurch


19UD   East Dorset


19UE   North Dorset


19UF   obsolete, was Poole


19UG   Purbeck


19UH   West Dorset


19UJ   Weymouth and Portland

20 (UKC14)   County Durham


20UB   Chester-le-Street


20UC   obsolete, was Darlington


20UD   Derwentside


20UE   Durham


20UF   Easington


20UG   Sedgefield


20UH   Teesdale


20UJ   Wear Valley

21 (UKJ22)   East Sussex


21UB   obsolete, was Brighton


21UC   Eastbourne


21UD   Hastings


21UE   obsolete, was Hove


21UF   Lewes


21UG   Rother


21UH   Wealden

22 (UKH33)   Essex


22UB   Basildon


22UC   Braintree


22UD   Brentwood


22UE   Castle Point


22UF   Chelmsford


22UG   Colchester


22UH   Epping Forest


22UJ   Harlow


22UK   Maldon


22UL   Rochford


22UM   obsolete, was Southend-on-Sea


22UN   Tendring


22UP   obsolete, was Thurrock


22UQ   Uttlesford

23 (UKK13)   Gloucestershire


23UB   Cheltenham


23UC   Cotswold


23UD   Forest of Dean


23UE   Gloucester


23UF   Stroud


23UG   Tewkesbury

24 (UKJ33)   Hampshire


24UB   Basingstoke and Deane


24UC   East Hampshire


24UD   Eastleigh


24UE   Fareham


24UF   Gosport


24UG   Hart


24UH   Havant


24UJ   New Forest


24UK   obsolete, was Portsmouth


24UL   Rushmoor


24UM   obsolete, was Southampton


24UN   Test Valley


24UP   Winchester

25   obsolete, was Hereford and Worcester


25UB   obsolete, was Bromsgrove


25UC   obsolete, was Hereford


25UD   obsolete, was Leominster


25UE   obsolete, was Malvern Hills


25UF   obsolete, was Redditch


25UG   obsolete, was South Herefordshire


25UH   obsolete, was Worcester


25UJ   obsolete, was Wyre Forest


25UK   obsolete, was Wychavon

26 (UKH23)   Hertfordshire


26UB   Broxbourne


26UC   Dacorum


26UD   East Hertfordshire


26UE   Hertsmere


26UF   North Hertfordshire


26UG   St Albans


26UH   Stevenage


26UJ   Three Rivers


26UK   Watford


26UL   Welwyn Hatfield

27   obsolete, was Humberside


27UB   obsolete, was Boothferry


27UC   obsolete, was Cleethorpes


27UD   obsolete, was East Yorkshire


27UE   obsolete, was Beverley


27UF   obsolete, was Glanford


27UG   obsolete, was Holderness


27UH   obsolete, was Great Grimsby


27UJ   obsolete, was Kingston upon Hull


27UK   obsolete, was Scunthorpe

28   obsolete, was Isle of Wight county


29UB   obsolete, was Medina


29UB   obsolete, was South Wight

29 (UKJ42)   Kent


29UB   Ashford


29UC   Canterbury


29UD   Dartford


29UE   Dover


29UF   obsolete, was Gillingham


29UG   Gravesham


29UH   Maidstone


29UJ   obsolete, was Rochester upon Medway


29UK   Sevenoaks


29UL   Shepway


29UM   Swale


29UN   Thanet


29UP   Tonbridge and Malling


29UQ   Tunbridge Wells

30 (UKD43)   Lancashire


30UB   obsolete, was Blackburn


30UC   obsolete, was Blackpool


30UD   Burnley


30UE   Chorley


30UF   Fylde


30UG   Hyndburn


30UH   Lancaster


30UJ   Pendle


30UK   Preston


30UL   Ribble Valley


30UM   Rossendale


30UN   South Ribble


30UP   West Lancashire


30UQ   Wyre

31 (UKF22)   Leicestershire


31UB   Blaby


31UC   Charnwood


31UD   Harborough


31UE   Hinckley and Bosworth


31UF   obsolete, was Leicester


31UG   Melton


31UH   North West Leicestershire


31UJ   Oadby and Wigston


31UK   obsolete, was Rutland

32 (UKF30)   Lincolnshire


32UB   Boston


32UC   East Lindsey


32UD   Lincoln


32UE   North Kesteven


32UF   South Holland


32UG   South Kesteven


32UH   West Lindsey

33 (UKH13)   Norfolk


33UB   Breckland


33UC   Broadland


33UD   Great Yarmouth


33UE   King's Lynn and West Norfolk


33UF   North Norfolk


33UG   Norwich


33UH   South Norfolk

34 (UKF23)   Northamptonshire


34UB   Corby


34UC   Daventry


34UD   East Northamptonshire


34UE   Kettering


34UF   Northampton


34UG   South Northamptonshire


34UH   Wellingborough

35 (UKC21)   Northumberland


35UB   Alnwick


35UC   Berwick-upon-Tweed


35UD   Blyth Valley


35UE   Castle Morpeth


35UF   Tynedale


35UG   Wansbeck

36 (UKE22)   North Yorkshire


36UB   Craven


36UC   Hambleton


36UD   Harrogate


36UE   Richmondshire


36UF   Ryedale


36UG   Scarborough


36UH   Selby


36UJ   obsolete, was York

37   Nottinghamshire


37UB (UKF15)   Ashfield


37UC (UKF15)   Bassetlaw


37UD (UKF16)   Broxtowe


37UE (UKF16)   Gedling


37UF (UKF15)   Mansfield


37UG (UKF15)   Newark and Sherwood


37UH   obsolete, was Nottingham


37UJ (UKF16)   Rushcliffe

38 (UKJ14)   Oxfordshire


38UB   Cherwell


38UC   Oxford


38UD   South Oxfordshire


38UE   Vale of White Horse


38UF   West Oxfordshire

39 (UKG22)   Shropshire


39UB   Bridgnorth


39UC   North Shropshire


39UD   Oswestry


39UE   Shrewsbury and Atcham


39UF   South Shropshire


39UG   obsolete, was The Wrekin

40 (UKK23)   Somerset


40UB   Mendip


40UC   Sedgemoor


40UD   South Somerset


40UE   Taunton Deane


40UF   West Somerset

41 (UKG24)   Staffordshire


41UB   Cannock Chase


41UC   East Staffordshire


41UD   Lichfield


41UE   Newcastle-under-Lyme


41UF   South Staffordshire


41UG   Stafford


41UH   Staffordshire Moorlands


41UK   obsolete, was Stoke-on-Trent


41UK   Tamworth

42 (UKH14)   Suffolk


42UB   Babergh


42UC   Forest Heath


42UD   Ipswich


42UE   Mid Suffolk


42UF   St. Edmundsbury


42UG   Suffolk Coastal


42UH   Waveney

43 (UKJ23)   Surrey


43UB   Elmbridge


43UC   Epsom and Ewell


43UD   Guildford


43UE   Mole Valley


43UF   Reigate and Banstead


43UG   Runnymede


43UH   Spelthorne


43UJ   Surrey Heath


43UK   Tandridge


43UL   Waverley


43UM   Woking

44 (UKG13)   Warwickshire


44UB   North Warwickshire


44UC   Nuneaton and Bedworth


44UD   Rugby


44UE   Stratford-on-Avon


44UF   Warwick

45 (UKJ24)   West Sussex


45UB   Adur


45UC   Arun


45UD   Chichester


45UE   Crawley


45UF   Horsham


45UG   Mid Sussex


45UH   Worthing

46 (UKK15)   Wiltshire


46UB   Kennet


46UC   North Wiltshire


46UD   Salisbury


46UE   obsolete, was Thamesdown


46UF   West Wiltshire

47 (UKG12)   Worcestershire


47UB   Bromsgrove


47UC   Malvern Hills


47UD   Redditch


47UE   Worcester


47UF   Wychavon


47UG   Wyre Forest
Northern Ireland districts


95A (UKN04)   Derry

95B (UKN04)   Limavady

95C (UKN04)   Coleraine

95D (UKN04)   Ballymoney

95E (UKN04)   Moyle

95F (UKN03)   Larne

95G (UKN03)   Ballymena

95H (UKN05)   Magherafelt

95I (UKN05)   Cookstown

95J (UKN04)   Strabane

95K (UKN05)   Omagh

95L (UKN05)   Fermanagh

95M (UKN05)   Dungannon and South Tyrone

95N (UKN03)   Craigavon

95O (UKN05)   Armagh

95P (UKN05)   Newry and Mourne

95Q (UKN03)   Banbridge

95R (UKN03)   Down

95S (UKN02)   Lisburn

95T (UKN03)   Antrim

95U (UKN02)   Newtownabbey

95V (UKN02)   Carrickfergus

95W (UKN02)   North Down

95X (UKN03)   Ards

95Y (UKN02)   Castlereagh

95Z (UKN01)   Belfast
Non-hierarchical codes for summary data in metropolitan areas


1B   Inner London

1C   Outer London

2A   Greater Manchester

2B   Merseyside

2C   South Yorkshire

2D   Tyne and Wear

2E   West Midlands

2F   West Yorkshire

External links



ONS Beginners' Guide to UK Geography

Codes as in 1994

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