diff --git a/hub/management/commands/base_importers.py b/hub/management/commands/base_importers.py
index 2850c37a6..bc6854dae 100644
--- a/hub/management/commands/base_importers.py
+++ b/hub/management/commands/base_importers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from functools import cache
 from time import sleep
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
@@ -53,10 +52,15 @@ def delete_data(self):
                 data_type=data_type, area__area_type__code=self.area_type
             ).delete()
 
-    @cache
     def get_area_type(self):
         return AreaType.objects.get(code=self.area_type)
 
+    def get_cons_col(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "cons_col_map"):
+            return self.cons_col_map[self.area_type]
+
+        return self.cons_col
+
     def add_data_sets(self, df=None):
         for name, config in self.data_sets.items():
             label = self.get_label(config)
@@ -331,11 +335,11 @@ def set_data_type(self):
 
     def get_dataframe(self):
         df = pd.read_csv(self.data_file)
-        df = df.astype({self.cons_col: "str"})
+        df = df.astype({self.get_cons_col(): "str"})
         return df
 
     def _get_areas_from_row(self, row):
-        value = row[self.cons_col]
+        value = row[self.get_cons_col()]
         if self.uses_gss:
             areas = Area.objects.filter(gss__in=value.split(","))
         else:
diff --git a/hub/management/commands/import_hnh_polling_data.py b/hub/management/commands/import_hnh_polling_data.py
index cbf461575..5dc051df1 100644
--- a/hub/management/commands/import_hnh_polling_data.py
+++ b/hub/management/commands/import_hnh_polling_data.py
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ def log(self, message):
     def extract_and_save_data(self):
         self.log(self.message)
 
+        area_type = self.get_area_type()
         for file in self.files:
             self.log(file["defaults"]["label"])
 
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ def extract_and_save_data(self):
                     data_type, created = DataType.objects.update_or_create(
                         data_set=data_set,
                         name=data_type_slug,
-                        area_type=self.get_area_type(),
+                        area_type=area_type,
                         defaults={
                             "data_type": "percent",
                             "label": col["label"],