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HES field name Middle super output area
Field soam
Class Geographical
Length and format 10an
Availability
Description

Middle Super Output Areas are aggregations of Output Areas.

The first character is either E for England or W for Wales. The next two characters are 02 for Middle Layer and the remaining six characters make up the unique 6-digit tag for each zone.

There are 6,780 Middle Super Output Areas in England.

Value

10an = Middle Super Output Area

Z99999999 = Not known

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