📅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.
5632
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 5632 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: 1,531
Other White23.2%
White Brit.20.7%
African10.8%
Pakistani8.8%
Bangladeshi7.3%
+ 12 other groups · 29.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,531
Christian47.0%
Muslim22.1%
No religion18.8%
Not answered5.5%
Hindu4.6%
+ other · 2.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,533
25–3423.4%
35–4919.0%
≤410.8%
50–6410.8%
20–2410.7%
+ 5 other age groups · 25.5%
Households
Total households: 637
Other32.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children17.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.0%
Any member 66+7.5%
Cohabiting couple family: No children6.3%
+ 6 other households · 20.4%
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
📅
September 2005
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~21 years
Active Duration
2005 → Present
September 2005 — Introduced
Postcode LU1 2SB introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 5632
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01033806 and MSOA E02003278 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU1 2SB is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedSeptember 2005
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~21 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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