Current GSS Coding System
The current system replaces these codes with a fixed length code of nine characters. The first three characters indicate the level of geography and the six digits following define the individual unit. For example the Royal Borough of Greenwich is coded as E09000011, Middlesbrough is E06000002, Cambridge E07000008 and Fenland E07000010.
The meaning of some common three character prefixes is as follows:
| England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Entity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E00 | W00 | S00 | – | Census output area |
| E01 | W01 | S01 | – | Super output area (smaller); Data zone (S) |
| E02 | W02 | S02 | – | Super output area (larger); Intermediate zone (S) |
| E04 | W04 | – | – | Civil parish(E) Community (W) |
| E05 | W05 | S13 | – | Ward or electoral division |
| – | W06 | S12 | – | Unitary authority |
| E06 | – | – | – | Unitary authority (former shires) |
| E07 | – | – | – | Non-metropolitan district (two-tier) |
| E08 | – | – | – | Metropolitan borough |
| E09 | – | – | – | London borough |
| E10 | – | – | – | County |
| E12 | – | – | – | English region |
| E14 | W07 | S14 | N06 | UK Parliamentary constituency |
| E15 | W08 | S15 | N07 | European electoral region |
| E32 | W09 | S16 | – | London Assembly, Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament constituency |
| – | W10 | S17 | – | Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament electoral region |
| E26 | W18 | S21 | – | National Park |
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