📅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 city and town C1
📅2021 ClassificationUrban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
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.
5952
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 5952 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.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 2,437
Pakistani39.4%
Bangladeshi26.6%
Other White7.4%
Indian5.7%
Other Asian4.9%
+ 5 other groups · 16.0%
Religion
Total residents: 2,432
Muslim72.7%
Christian14.3%
Not answered4.7%
No religion3.1%
Hindu2.9%
+ 1 other religions · 2.3%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,427
35–4922.8%
25–3416.0%
10–1511.4%
50–649.9%
20–249.8%
+ 5 other age groups · 30.2%
Households
Total households: 569
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children34.5%
With dependent children16.0%
Other15.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over8.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children4.6%
+ 8 other households · 21.1%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:55 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:20 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:55 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:20 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode LU1 1BW 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 city and town C1. IMD England rank: 5952
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015727 and MSOA E02003274 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU1 1BW is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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