📅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: 1,761
Other White28.9%
White Brit.27.0%
Indian9.2%
African6.0%
Bangladeshi5.0%
+ 12 other groups · 24.0%
Religion
Total residents: 1,749
Christian48.5%
No religion19.3%
Muslim14.5%
Not answered8.0%
Hindu7.0%
+ 1 other religions · 2.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,746
35–4924.6%
25–3422.8%
50–6412.7%
≤48.0%
5–97.9%
+ 5 other age groups · 24.1%
Households
Total households: 710
Other30.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children11.8%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over8.0%
Any member 66+6.2%
+ 7 other households · 27.6%
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
📅
July 2009
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~17 years
Active Duration
2009 → Present
July 2009 — Introduced
Postcode LU1 3FD 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 E01033807 and MSOA E02003278 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU1 3FD is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJuly 2009
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~17 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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