📅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.
14498
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 14498 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: 1,419
White Brit.40.7%
Other White11.6%
Pakistani7.5%
Other Asian7.0%
Indian6.0%
+ 9 other groups · 27.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,423
Christian43.3%
No religion24.9%
Muslim20.4%
Not answered5.3%
Hindu4.3%
+ 1 other religions · 1.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,425
35–4922.5%
50–6417.1%
25–3415.7%
5–98.3%
10–157.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.6%
Households
Total households: 502
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.9%
Other13.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.8%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over8.6%
Any member 66+7.6%
+ 7 other households · 42.2%
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 LU2 0SP 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: 14498
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015723 and MSOA E02003273 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU2 0SP is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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