📅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.
6967
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 6967 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: 2,675
Other White29.5%
White Brit.20.4%
African10.0%
Indian9.6%
Pakistani5.8%
+ 10 other groups · 24.8%
Religion
Total residents: 2,677
Christian50.3%
No religion20.3%
Muslim15.8%
Not answered7.5%
Hindu4.7%
+ other · 1.4%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,674
25–3427.3%
35–4923.0%
20–2413.5%
50–6412.3%
≤47.8%
+ 4 other age groups · 16.1%
Households
Total households: 1,057
Other36.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.7%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.5%
+ 7 other households · 24.5%
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 1QN 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: 6967
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015795 and MSOA E02003278 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU1 1QN is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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