Latitude and longitude
Key areas
Local Authority
Middle Super Output Area
Westminster parliamentary constituency
Location within City of London Local Authority
Nearby places
Area classifications
Output area classification
Cosmopolitans >
Inner city students >
Multicultural student neighbourhood
2Inner city students >
2BMulticultural student neighbourhood
2B2
Rural/urban classification
Urban major conurbation
A1
Index of multiple deprivation (2019)
18,089 out of 32,844 lower super output areas in England (where 1 is the most deprived LSOA).
55% of LSOAs in England are more deprived than this one.
In 2015 57% of LSOAs in were more deprived than this one.
Secondary areas
Police Force Area
Lower Super Output Area
Output area
Health areas
Clinical Commissioning Group
Other areas
Built-up Area
Built-up Area Sub-division (BUASD)
Workplace Zone
Technical details
7 character version of postcode
WC2A1AP
8 character version of postcode
WC2A 1AP
Date introduced
June 1998
Postcode user type
0 - Small user
Grid reference positional quality indicator
1 - within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
OS Easting/Northing
531049, 181568
