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This section of the site is all about the IV Postcode area, also known as the Inverness Postal Area. Explore links to the next level to learn more about specific postcode districts such as IV1.
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Width from East to West | 140.47 mi |
Height from North to South | 109.40 mi |
Area of IV | 829.14 mi² |
Maximum Width | 140.66 mi |
Perimeter of Postcode Area | 1,600.14 mi |
Number of Postcode Districts | 50 |
Number of Postcode Sectors | 71 |
Number of Post Towns | 31 |
Number of Postcodes | 7,392 |
The IV postcode area represents a group of 49 postal districts in the Inverness area of the United Kingdom. The area code stands for the letters i and v in InVerness. The area has a population of 228,244 and covers an area of 16,050,928 hectares. Fun fact: 0.35% of the population of Great Britain lives in this area.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Ross and Cromarty (33.50%), Inverness (30.16%), Moray (25.45%), Nairn (5.78%), Sutherland (5.08%), Banffshire (0.02%).
The IV Inverness Postcode is in Scotland.. The postal area borders the following neighbouring postal areas: PH - Perth, KW - Kirkwall and AB - Aberdeen, It also borders The North Atlantic Ocean, The Moray Firth, The Minch and Sea of the Hebredes.
I've calculated the total area covered by building footprints within the postcode area.
By analyzing this against the total area, I've determined the percentage of the area that's developed, this will give you an idea of how urban or rural the postcode region is.
The higher the percentage the more urban the area is. For example the least urban district is IV23 and the most urban is IV27.
Postcode District | Total Area (m²) | Footprint Area (m²) | Built Percentage % |
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IV23 | 1,172,441,789 | 135,761 | 0.01% |
IV22 | 997,416,785 | 229,290 | 0.02% |
IV28 | 375,177,286 | 92,154 | 0.02% |
IV13 | 453,449,662 | 129,741 | 0.03% |
IV24 | 602,382,845 | 207,133 | 0.03% |
IV56 | 137,891,637 | 45,514 | 0.03% |
IV54 | 725,989,953 | 200,011 | 0.03% |
IV26 | 454,034,995 | 202,801 | 0.04% |
IV40 | 737,962,204 | 297,949 | 0.04% |
IV47 | 228,375,986 | 92,388 | 0.04% |
IV48 | 29,066,806 | 11,702 | 0.04% |
IV4 | 1,051,742,367 | 518,387 | 0.05% |
IV63 | 593,318,088 | 332,510 | 0.06% |
IV46 | 23,279,727 | 12,857 | 0.06% |
IV53 | 25,717,642 | 15,636 | 0.06% |
IV43 | 48,383,553 | 33,484 | 0.07% |
IV49 | 200,509,003 | 139,047 | 0.07% |
IV55 | 257,279,524 | 182,180 | 0.07% |
IV42 | 58,780,695 | 45,952 | 0.08% |
IV21 | 167,886,847 | 150,470 | 0.09% |
IV44 | 47,265,537 | 44,117 | 0.09% |
IV45 | 38,452,406 | 35,578 | 0.09% |
IV51 | 557,744,059 | 544,566 | 0.10% |
IV41 | 38,676,894 | 43,772 | 0.11% |
IV16 | 161,936,664 | 200,329 | 0.12% |
IV6 | 382,066,606 | 529,652 | 0.14% |
IV17 | 270,681,036 | 462,882 | 0.17% |
IV14 | 108,383,239 | 208,156 | 0.19% |
IV25 | 152,017,897 | 318,002 | 0.21% |
IV12 | 398,306,433 | 1,134,236 | 0.28% |
IV52 | 14,539,483 | 41,604 | 0.29% |
IV8 | 31,892,733 | 110,841 | 0.35% |
IV11 | 24,682,999 | 92,444 | 0.37% |
IV19 | 155,162,736 | 567,948 | 0.37% |
IV36 | 391,878,470 | 1,549,331 | 0.40% |
IV2 | 742,991,747 | 3,307,083 | 0.45% |
IV7 | 121,155,166 | 581,831 | 0.48% |
IV20 | 74,904,274 | 386,897 | 0.52% |
IV9 | 18,487,500 | 103,509 | 0.56% |
IV5 | 22,036,068 | 128,350 | 0.58% |
IV32 | 92,362,704 | 542,417 | 0.59% |
IV10 | 37,012,044 | 253,962 | 0.69% |
IV18 | 93,471,042 | 692,688 | 0.74% |
IV30 | 272,269,508 | 2,769,332 | 1.02% |
IV15 | 42,152,234 | 448,931 | 1.07% |
IV3 | 83,161,923 | 997,137 | 1.20% |
IV31 | 27,389,820 | 558,967 | 2.04% |
IV1 | 29,161,655 | 654,788 | 2.25% |
IV27 | 10,126,305 | 576,015 | 5.69% |
Total | 12,781,456,576 (m²) | 20,960,332 (m²) | 0.16% |
There are 11 towns within the Inverness postcode area.
Unit | Area² |
---|---|
Hectares | 16,050,928² |
Miles | 61,973² |
Feet | 1,727,705,838,992² |
Kilometres | 160,509² |