Open data by postal code area (Paavo)

Paavo - Open data by postal code area contain the following geographic data:



1) Paavo postal code areas

2) Paavo postal code areas (extended to sea areas)

3) Paavo statistical data (104 variables) combined with the postal code areas



There are two different versions of the map data: extending to sea areas (2) mainly produced for statistics production, and the version produced from this for map visualisation cut with the coastline (1). The map data contain the surface areas of the postal code areas and the municipality codes defined for the postal code areas.



Paavo statistical data (3) contain data on the population structure, the degree of education, the income of the inhabitants and households, the size of house-holds and life stage, buildings and dwellings, workplaces, and the main ac-tivities of the inhabitants.



New data are updated annually in January. The data descriptions can be found in this link:

https://stat.fi/en/services/statistical-data-services/statistical-databases/paavo



The statistical data are also available in the PxWeb database: https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/Postinumeroalueittainen_avoin_tieto/



The data are protected. Protected data are indicated with -1.



The general Terms of Use must be observed when using the data:

https://stat.fi/en/about-us/get-to-know-statistics-finland/legislation/terms-of-use

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Date (Publication)
2015-01-14
Date (Publication)
2016-01-25
Date (Publication)
2017-01-25
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2018-01-25
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2019-01-25
Date (Publication)
2020-01-24
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2021-01-25
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2022-01-25
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2023-01-25
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2024-01-25
Date (Publication)
2025-01-24
Date (Publication)
2026-01-26
Citation identifier
FI / FI1000192
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Statistics Finland

yhteiskuntatietopalvelut@stat.fi

Owner

Paikkatietohakemiston asiasanasto

  • Not-Inspire

  • Postal code areas

  • Income and wealth

  • Households

  • Education

  • Buildings

  • Population structure

  • Housing (houses, living conditions)

  • avoindata.fi

  • Employment
Use limitation

http://tilastokeskus.fi/org/lainsaadanto/copyright_en.html

Access constraints
License
Other constraints

No other restrictions
Classification
Unclassified
Denominator
100000
Language

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OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

 		http://geo.stat.fi/geoserver/postialue/wfs?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.0.0

Tilastokeskuksen palvelurajapinta (WFS) Paavo-postinumeroalueet

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		http://tilastokeskus.fi/org/avoindata/paikkatietoaineistot.html
Hierarchy level
Series

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
Pass
No
Statement

Paavo postal code areas (statistical postal code areas) have been produced at Statistics Finland for statistics production by postal code area. The data are produced as two types of geometrics: for statistical production extended to sea areas and for map visualisation cut with the coastline. The limitation has been made using geographic information methods. The basis of the limi-tation is the postal code of the address of a building (data source the Population Information System; Register of Buildings and Dwellings). The postal codes of individual addresses do not form the areas, so the source data have been generalised to form the postal code areas. The boundary of the postal code area is mainly located in the middle of the location of a building with two different postal codes. The accuracy of the limitation of the location is higher where there are more buildings (e.g. densely populated areas). The National Land Survey of Finland's 1:1 million map data have been used to form the coastline.



The data are maintained annually for new and abolished postal code areas (in accordance with the Population Information System's data) and they are re-leased annually in January.



A valid municipality code is defined for Paavo postal code areas based on which municipality's buildings are found most in the area (according to the Population Information System).



Paavo map data by postal code area and statistical data are compatible. The data descriptions can be found in this link: https://stat.fi/tup/paavo/paavon_aineistokuvaukset_en.html.

File identifier
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Metadata language

fin
Hierarchy level
Series
Hierarchy level name

Aineisto
Date stamp
2026-06-03T10:25:05
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Statistics Finland

yhteiskuntatietopalvelut@stat.fi

Owner
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Language Character encoding
English UTF-8
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Finnish UTF8
 
 

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Keywords

Paikkatietohakemiston asiasanasto

Buildings Education Employment Households Housing (houses, living conditions) Income and wealth Not-Inspire Population structure Postal code areas avoindata.fi


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