📅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.
14284
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 14284 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: 1,983
White Brit.32.0%
Other White24.8%
African6.9%
Bangladeshi5.8%
Indian5.5%
+ 10 other groups · 25.0%
Religion
Total residents: 1,981
Christian47.9%
No religion24.8%
Muslim16.1%
Not answered7.1%
Hindu2.2%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,991
35–4923.9%
25–3421.2%
50–6413.0%
20–2411.9%
10–157.1%
+ 5 other age groups · 22.9%
Households
Total households: 813
Other26.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.7%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over11.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.1%
Cohabiting couple family: No children7.5%
+ 8 other households · 34.3%
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
📅
April 1987
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~39 years
Active Duration
1987 → Present
April 1987 — Introduced
Postcode LU2 0DX 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: 14284
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015742 and MSOA E02006937 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU2 0DX is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedApril 1987
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~39 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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