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Coordinates & Location for L20 4LP
Postcode
L20 4LP
Coordinates
53.4567, -2.9994
Grid reference
SJ337960
Easting
333,733
Northing
396,011
Region
North West
Plus Code
9C5VF242+M6
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Bootle (Sefton)
Travel to Work
Liverpool
ITL Region
Sefton
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
231
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 231 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Property sales (Land Registry)
England & WalesDemographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.89.8%
Other White2.7%
Chinese1.8%
White Irish1.1%
+ other · 4.7%
Religion
Christian61.3%
No religion31.7%
Not answered4.5%
Muslim1.8%
+ other · 0.7%
Age groups
35–4920.7%
50–6418.4%
25–3412.3%
10–1510.0%
65–748.2%
+ 5 other age groups · 30.5%
Households
Other25.5%
Any member 66+15.0%
Lone parent family: With dependent children12.7%
Lone parent family: All children non-dependent8.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children8.2%
+ 7 other households · 29.7%
Administrative Information
Sefton
Local Authority
Council AreaBootle E14001113
Constituency
E14001113Merseyside
Police Force
England
Ward
Bootle West
Constituency code
E14001113
EU Electoral Region
North West
Parish
Sefton, unparished area
International Territorial Level
Sefton
Health & NHS
North West
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) England (UA/MD/LB)
NHS EnglandCheshire and Merseyside
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
North West
NHS Region
North West
Integrated Care Board
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
Sefton
Sub ICB Location
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - 01T
Cancer Alliance
Cheshire and Merseyside
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Sefton 036C E01007006
E01007006MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Sefton 036 E02001464
E02001464LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Sefton 036C E01007006
E01007006MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Sefton 036 E02001464
E02001464Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation A1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
5:53 AM
Sunrise
6:17 PM
Sunset
12 hours 24 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
5:53 AM
Sunset (today)
6:17 PM
Daylight duration
12 hours 24 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
December 1997
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~29 years
Active Duration
1997 -> PresentDecember 1997 — Introduced
Postcode L20 4LP introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation A1. IMD England rank: 231
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01007006 and MSOA E02001464 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode L20 4LP is currently active and in use.
First introduced
December 1997
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~29 years
Last updated
2026-08-01
Current status
Live
Schools near L20 4LP
Open state schools within 1.2 miles of this postcode, ranked by distance.
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 49%
RWM expected
52%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 70%
RWM expected
49%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 73%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 59%
RWM expected
17%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 49%
RWM expected
55%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 44%
RWM expected
60%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 53%
RWM expected
52%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 69%
RWM expected
44%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 56%
RWM expected
39%
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 13–16FSM 0%
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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