Returns a random postcode and all available data for that postcode.
See also
postcode_lookup for documentation.
Examples
# \donttest{
random_postcode()
#> $postcode
#> [1] "PO19 1BX"
#>
#> $quality
#> [1] 1
#>
#> $eastings
#> [1] 486008
#>
#> $northings
#> [1] 105116
#>
#> $country
#> [1] "England"
#>
#> $nhs_ha
#> [1] "South East Coast"
#>
#> $longitude
#> [1] -0.779868
#>
#> $latitude
#> [1] 50.83918
#>
#> $european_electoral_region
#> [1] "South East"
#>
#> $primary_care_trust
#> [1] "West Sussex"
#>
#> $region
#> [1] "South East"
#>
#> $lsoa
#> [1] "Chichester 010D"
#>
#> $msoa
#> [1] "Chichester 010"
#>
#> $incode
#> [1] "1BX"
#>
#> $outcode
#> [1] "PO19"
#>
#> $parliamentary_constituency
#> [1] "Chichester"
#>
#> $parliamentary_constituency_2024
#> [1] "Chichester"
#>
#> $admin_district
#> [1] "Chichester"
#>
#> $parish
#> [1] "Chichester"
#>
#> $admin_county
#> [1] "West Sussex"
#>
#> $date_of_introduction
#> [1] "198001"
#>
#> $admin_ward
#> [1] "Chichester Central"
#>
#> $ced
#> [1] "Chichester South"
#>
#> $ccg
#> [1] "NHS Sussex"
#>
#> $nuts
#> [1] "Chichester"
#>
#> $pfa
#> [1] "Sussex"
#>
#> $codes
#> $codes$admin_district
#> [1] "E07000225"
#>
#> $codes$admin_county
#> [1] "E10000032"
#>
#> $codes$admin_ward
#> [1] "E05011666"
#>
#> $codes$parish
#> [1] "E04009888"
#>
#> $codes$parliamentary_constituency
#> [1] "E14001166"
#>
#> $codes$parliamentary_constituency_2024
#> [1] "E14001166"
#>
#> $codes$ccg
#> [1] "E38000265"
#>
#> $codes$ccg_id
#> [1] "70F"
#>
#> $codes$ced
#> [1] "E58001615"
#>
#> $codes$nuts
#> [1] "TLJ27"
#>
#> $codes$lsoa
#> [1] "E01031490"
#>
#> $codes$msoa
#> [1] "E02006570"
#>
#> $codes$lau2
#> [1] "E07000225"
#>
#> $codes$pfa
#> [1] "E23000033"
#>
#>
random_postcode("N1")
#> $postcode
#> [1] "N1 3HA"
#>
#> $quality
#> [1] 1
#>
#> $eastings
#> [1] 532988
#>
#> $northings
#> [1] 184789
#>
#> $country
#> [1] "England"
#>
#> $nhs_ha
#> [1] "London"
#>
#> $longitude
#> [1] -0.083496
#>
#> $latitude
#> [1] 51.54633
#>
#> $european_electoral_region
#> [1] "London"
#>
#> $primary_care_trust
#> [1] "City and Hackney Teaching"
#>
#> $region
#> [1] "London"
#>
#> $lsoa
#> [1] "Hackney 021E"
#>
#> $msoa
#> [1] "Hackney 021"
#>
#> $incode
#> [1] "3HA"
#>
#> $outcode
#> [1] "N1"
#>
#> $parliamentary_constituency
#> [1] "Islington South and Finsbury"
#>
#> $parliamentary_constituency_2024
#> [1] "Islington South and Finsbury"
#>
#> $admin_district
#> [1] "Hackney"
#>
#> $parish
#> [1] "Hackney, unparished area"
#>
#> $admin_county
#> NULL
#>
#> $date_of_introduction
#> [1] "200112"
#>
#> $admin_ward
#> [1] "De Beauvoir"
#>
#> $ced
#> NULL
#>
#> $ccg
#> [1] "NHS North East London"
#>
#> $nuts
#> [1] "Hackney"
#>
#> $pfa
#> [1] "Metropolitan Police"
#>
#> $codes
#> $codes$admin_district
#> [1] "E09000012"
#>
#> $codes$admin_county
#> [1] "E99999999"
#>
#> $codes$admin_ward
#> [1] "E05009371"
#>
#> $codes$parish
#> [1] "E43000202"
#>
#> $codes$parliamentary_constituency
#> [1] "E14001306"
#>
#> $codes$parliamentary_constituency_2024
#> [1] "E14001306"
#>
#> $codes$ccg
#> [1] "E38000255"
#>
#> $codes$ccg_id
#> [1] "A3A8R"
#>
#> $codes$ced
#> [1] "E99999999"
#>
#> $codes$nuts
#> [1] "TLI41"
#>
#> $codes$lsoa
#> [1] "E01001756"
#>
#> $codes$msoa
#> [1] "E02000365"
#>
#> $codes$lau2
#> [1] "E09000012"
#>
#> $codes$pfa
#> [1] "E23000001"
#>
#>
# }
