List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom by population

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For the purposes of directing mail, the United Kingdom (although the populations listed just show figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland), is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [1] There are currently 121 geographic postcode areas in use in the UK, and a further 3 often combined with them which cover the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man. [2]

Postcode
area		Postcode
area name [1] [3] 		2011 Census
population [4] [5]
AB Aberdeen 500,309
AL St Albans 250,427
B Birmingham 1,904,658
BA Bath 434,166
BB Blackburn 488,917
BD Bradford 578,336
BH Bournemouth 551,987
BL Bolton 380,259
BN Brighton 802,831
BR Bromley 299,293
BS Bristol 940,241
BT Belfast [6] 1,876,695 [7]
CA Carlisle 318,244
CB Cambridge 421,467
CF Cardiff 1,005,334
CH Chester [8] 659,743
CM Chelmsford 653,492
CO Colchester 411,418
CR Croydon 405,982
CT Canterbury 482,504
CV Coventry 821,807
CW Crewe 309,489
DA Dartford 430,560
DD Dundee 280,291
DE Derby 730,620
DG Dumfries 151,174
DH Durham 309,211
DL Darlington 360,975
DN Doncaster 755,713
DT Dorchester 213,203
DY Dudley 410,598
E East London 990,035
EC East Central London 33,205
EH Edinburgh 868,938
EN Enfield 344,434
EX Exeter 547,511
FK Falkirk 276,600
FY Blackpool [1] 276,623
G Glasgow 1,184,619
GL Gloucester 605,821
GU Guildford 725,368
GY Guernsey and dependencies
HA Harrow 480,953
HD Huddersfield 262,814
HG Harrogate 138,343
HP Hemel Hempstead 488,351
HR Hereford 176,493
HS Outer Hebrides 27,684
HU Hull 443,223
HX Halifax 160,378
IG Ilford 335,694
IM Isle of Man
IP Ipswich 595,934
IV Inverness 228,244
JE Jersey
KA Kilmarnock 371,478
KT Kingston upon Thames 531,664
KW Kirkwall 53,203
KY Kirkcaldy 364,238
L Liverpool 857,079
LA Lancaster 328,704
LD Llandrindod Wells [1] 49,792
LE Leicester 985,795
LL Llandudno 537,467
LN Lincoln 293,310
LS Leeds 774,180
LU Luton 335,950
M Manchester 1,167,402
ME Medway 607,143
MK Milton Keynes 507,978
ML Motherwell 383,317
N North London 848,197
NE Newcastle upon Tyne 1,162,698
NG Nottingham 1,163,185
NN Northampton 653,215
NP Newport 488,368
NR Norwich 722,087
NW North West London 551,407
OL Oldham 462,833
OX Oxford 612,827
PA Paisley 321,691
PE Peterborough 890,223
PH Perth 165,367
PL Plymouth 542,719
PO Portsmouth 822,331
PR Preston 520,556
RG Reading 778,677
RH Redhill 532,536
RM Romford 516,824
S Sheffield 1,358,507
SA Swansea 730,232
SE South East London 988,702
SG Stevenage 402,911
SK Stockport 603,795
SL Slough 373,607
SM Sutton217,048
SN Swindon 459,049
SO Southampton 665,193
SP Salisbury [1] 232,524
SR Sunderland 250,826
SS Southend-on-Sea 518,677
ST Stoke-on-Trent 644,068
SW South West London 874,844
SY Shrewsbury [9] 342,140
TA Taunton 322,197
TD Tweeddale [10] 94,483 [11]
TF Telford 212,061
TN Tunbridge Wells [1] 680,816
TQ Torquay 281,404
TR Truro 293,864
TS Cleveland [1] 602,474
TW Twickenham 490,472
UB Southall [1] 371,969
W West London 533,706
WA Warrington 616,180
WC Western Central London 35,995
WD Watford 255,988
WF Wakefield 512,657
WN Wigan 308,483
WR Worcester 287,414
WS Walsall 449,687
WV Wolverhampton 395,857
YO York 562,439
ZE Zetland 23,167

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Address Management Guide (5th ed.). Royal Mail Group plc. March 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Area-wise UK Postcodes (Postal Area) - Track Postcode UK". trackpostcode.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Office for National Statistics (1999). The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom (PDF) (2000 ed.). London: The Stationery Office. "UK Postal Areas", map opposite p. 5. ISBN   0-11-621098-2 . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "KS101EW (Usual resident population) - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Data Warehouse | Census Data Explorer | Scotland's Census". www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. ↑ The BT postcode area precisely covers Northern Ireland
  7. ↑ "2011 Census". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. ↑ The CH postcode area is partly in England and partly in Wales.
  9. ↑ The SY postcode area is partly in England and partly in Wales.
  10. ↑ The TD postcode area lies mainly in Scotland but partly in England
  11. ↑ Scottish population only
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